Neuter
het
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/(ɦ)ət/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch dat, which was contracted to 't in usual speech. This form was later interpreted as being the same as the neuter pronoun het (etymology 2, see below), which was contracted in the same way. This then led to the modern merge with het, which some might see as being unetymological.
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