Talk:Definite article reduction
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[edit]In Dutch ’t is certainly short for the neuter definite article het, especially when spoken unstressed but also sometimes written. There are other examples: in the long name of The Hague as ’s‑Gravenhage, the ’s is short for the former masculine/neuter genitive definite article des. Meanwhile ’n is an indefinite article reduction in Dutch and Afrikaans of een, though it would not surprise me if there were examples of it being a definite article reduction of the dialect/archaic den. 16:23, 5 August 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C6:1482:A100:ECCD:B349:E718:A853 (talk)