De or het loket?
het loket
a ticket window
/loːˈkɛt/
Forms
- Singular
- het loket
- Plural
- de loketten
- Diminutive
- het loketje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het loket is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de loketten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het loketje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit loket | deze loketten |
| that, those | dat loket | die loketten |
| which (the … that) | het loket dat … | de loketten die … |
| our | ons loket | onze loketten |
Meaning in English
- a ticket window
- a counter, an office (at an institution)
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