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De or het les?

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de les

course, lesson

/lɛs/

Forms

Singular
de les
Plural
de lessen
Diminutive
het lesje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. course, lesson

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