De or het perron?
het perron
a boarding platform on which passengers wait for a train: it is next
/pɛˈrɔn/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het perron
- Plural (meervoud)
- de perrons
- Diminutive
- het perronnetje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het perron is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de perrons whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het perronnetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit perron | deze perrons |
| that, those | dat perron | die perrons |
| which (the … that) | het perron dat … | de perrons die … |
| our | ons perron | onze perrons |
Meaning in English
- a boarding platform on which passengers wait for a train: it is next to a spoor
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