De or het prijs?
de prijs
price, fare, charge
/prɛi̯s/
Forms
- Singular
- de prijs
- Plural
- de prijzen
- Diminutive
- het prijsje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de prijs is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de prijzen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het prijsje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze prijs | deze prijzen |
| that, those | die prijs | die prijzen |
| which (the … that) | de prijs die … | de prijzen die … |
| our | onze prijs | onze prijzen |
Meaning in English
- price, fare, charge
- price, price tag, price ticket
- prize, award, trophy
- reward, prize
- praise, act of praising
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