De or het school?
de school
a school, educational institution that provides education
/sxoːl/
Forms
- Singular
- de school
- Plural
- de scholen
- Diminutive
- het schooltje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de school is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de scholen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het schooltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze school | deze scholen |
| that, those | die school | die scholen |
| which (the … that) | de school die … | de scholen die … |
| our | onze school | onze scholen |
Meaning in English
- a school, educational institution that provides education, whether combined with research or not
- a crowd, group
- a thematic educational institute within a larger one, such as in a university for a single research field
- any organization providing instruction
- a movement or stylistic trend
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