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 * Also used in names: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (Nobel laureate in chemistry)
 * Also used in names: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (Nobel laureate in chemistry)
 * Also used in names: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (Nobel laureate in chemistry)
 * Also used in names: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (Nobel laureate in chemistry)
 * Also used in names: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (Nobel laureate in chemistry)

Usage notes
Common in spoken Dutch. Other than in names, "het" is usually written in full in written Dutch.

't is never capitalised, even before a proper noun or at the start of sentences. Instead, the following word is capitalised, as in 't Kan beter. (It could be better.)

Etymology
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Etymology 1
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 * 1) the, it

Etymology 2
, itself derived from.

Usage notes

 * Chiefly used before and after vowels, but never obligatory.

Usage notes

 * Only used after a word ending in a vowel or $⟨n⟩$, primarily used as a clitic