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De or het feest?

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het feest

party

/feːst/

Forms

Singular
het feest
Plural
de feesten
Diminutive
het feestje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. party
  2. feast
  3. celebration

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