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{{short description|Contraction of the article "het", meaning "the"}}

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In the Dutch language, the word {{'}}t ({{IPA|nl|ət}}) is a contraction of the article "het", meaning "the". 't can be found as a tussenvoegsel, a word that is positioned between a person's first and last name. Careful writers should use an apostrophe ({{unichar|2019}}) in front of the t – and not confuse it with a left quotation mark ({{unichar|2018}}){{cite web |last1='t Hooft |first1=Gerard |title=Apostrophe |url=http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~hooft101/ap.html |website=www.staff.science.uu.nl |accessdate=21 April 2019}} and put a space before the apostrophe.