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De or het markt?

de markt

a physical market place, usually a public square

/mɑrkt/

Article and plural

Singular
de markt
Plural (meervoud)
de markten
Diminutive
het marktje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze marktdeze markten
that, thosedie marktdie markten
which (the … that)de markt die …de markten die …
ouronze marktonze markten

Meaning in English

  1. a physical market place, usually a public square
  2. The whole of trade, commercial activity
  3. any specific economic sector where competitive trade occurs in goods or services
  4. a single, regular trade event in one (or more coordinated) places, usually in one town; general or sector-specific
  5. the canopy which covers a food market; the roof structure of a market hall

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