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