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