De or het feestdag?
de feestdag
holiday, day off
/ˈfeːs.dɑx/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de feestdag
- Plural (meervoud)
- de feestdagen
- Diminutive
- het feestdagje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de feestdag is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de feestdagen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het feestdagje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze feestdag | deze feestdagen |
| that, those | die feestdag | die feestdagen |
| which (the … that) | de feestdag die … | de feestdagen die … |
| our | onze feestdag | onze feestdagen |
Meaning in English
- holiday, day off
- religious holiday
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