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De or het dienst?

← Dutch words

de dienst

service

/dinst/

Forms

Singular
de dienst
Plural
de diensten
Diminutive
het dienstje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de dienst is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de diensten whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het dienstje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. service
  2. draft

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