De or het stage?
de stage
internship
/ˈstaː.ʒə/
Forms
- Singular
- de stage
- Plural
- de stages
- Diminutive
- het stagetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de stage is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de stages whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het stagetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze stage | deze stages |
| that, those | die stage | die stages |
| which (the … that) | de stage die … | de stages die … |
| our | onze stage | onze stages |
Meaning in English
- internship
- probation, induction
- apprenticeship
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