De or het vak?
het vak
a subject, discipline, class, notably in education
/vɑk/
Forms
- Singular
- het vak
- Plural
- de vakken
- Diminutive
- het vakje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het vak is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vakken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vakje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit vak | deze vakken |
| that, those | dat vak | die vakken |
| which (the … that) | het vak dat … | de vakken die … |
| our | ons vak | onze vakken |
Meaning in English
- a subject, discipline, class, notably in education
- a compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section)
- a profession
- a trade, craft
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