De or het dienst?
de dienst
service
/dinst/
Forms
- Singular
- de dienst
- Plural
- de diensten
- Diminutive
- het dienstje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de dienst is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de diensten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het dienstje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze dienst | deze diensten |
| that, those | die dienst | die diensten |
| which (the … that) | de dienst die … | de diensten die … |
| our | onze dienst | onze diensten |
Meaning in English
- service
- draft
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