De or het college?
het college
a collegial board, either advisory (committee) or as an authority
/ˌkɔˈleː.ʒə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het college
- Plural (meervoud)
- de colleges
- Diminutive
- het collegetje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het college is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de colleges whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het collegetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit college | deze colleges |
| that, those | dat college | die colleges |
| which (the … that) | het college dat … | de colleges die … |
| our | ons college | onze colleges |
Meaning in English
- a collegial board, either advisory (committee) or as an authority
- a secondary school, a high school, (now Belgium) especially in Roman Catholic education
- an academic lecture, class
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