De or het platform?
het platform
a platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage
/ˈplɑt.fɔrm/
Forms
- Singular
- het platform
- Plural
- de platformen
- Diminutive
- het platformpje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het platform is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de platformen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het platformpje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit platform | deze platformen |
| that, those | dat platform | die platformen |
| which (the … that) | het platform dat … | de platformen die … |
| our | ons platform | onze platformen |
Meaning in English
- a platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage
- a political platform, (electoral) program
- a plateau
- a flat roof
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