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De or het loket?

het loket

a ticket window

/loːˈkɛt/

Article and plural

Singular
het loket
Plural (meervoud)
de loketten
Diminutive
het loketje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit loketdeze loketten
that, thosedat loketdie loketten
which (the … that)het loket dat …de loketten die …
ourons loketonze loketten

Meaning in English

  1. a ticket window
  2. a counter, an office (at an institution)

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