De or het markt?

Forms

Singular

de markt

Plural

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

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