De or het feest?
het feest
party
/feːst/
Forms
- Singular
- het feest
- Plural
- de feesten
- Diminutive
- het feestje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het feest is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de feesten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het feestje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit feest | deze feesten |
| that, those | dat feest | die feesten |
| which (the … that) | het feest dat … | de feesten die … |
| our | ons feest | onze feesten |
Meaning in English
- party
- feast
- celebration
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