De or het markt?
de markt
a physical market place, usually a public square
/mɑrkt/
Forms
- Singular
- de markt
- Plural
- de markten
- Diminutive
- het marktje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de markt is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de markten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het marktje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze markt | deze markten |
| that, those | die markt | die markten |
| which (the … that) | de markt die … | de markten die … |
| our | onze markt | onze markten |
Meaning in English
- a physical market place, usually a public square
- The whole of trade, commercial activity
- any specific economic sector where competitive trade occurs in goods or services
- a single, regular trade event in one (or more coordinated) places, usually in one town; general or sector-specific
- the canopy which covers a food market; the roof structure of a market hall
Remember markt with Spreek
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