Skip to content

De or het platform?

het platform

a platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage

/ˈplɑt.fɔrm/

Article and plural

Singular
het platform
Plural (meervoud)
de platformen
Diminutive
het platformpje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Check the article of another noun

What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit platformdeze platformen
that, thosedat platformdie platformen
which (the … that)het platform dat …de platformen die …
ourons platformonze platformen

Meaning in English

  1. a platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage
  2. a political platform, (electoral) program
  3. a plateau
  4. a flat roof

Remember platform with Spreek

Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.

See what Spreek does

FreeiPhoneDownload on the App Store (opens in a new tab)