hetgeen

Dutch

Etymology

Univerbation of het (“the”) +‎ geen (“yon, yonder”). Cognate to German dasjenige.

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Pronoun

hetgeen

  1. (relative pronoun) that which, which, what
    Ik herhaal hetgeen toen werd gezegd. ― I repeat that which was said at the time.
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