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De or het klas?

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de klas

a school class

/klɑs/

Forms

Singular
de klas
Plural
de klassen
Diminutive
het klasje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a school class
  2. a classroom
  3. travel class (such as first class or economy class)

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