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De or het platform?

het platform

a platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage

/ˈplɑt.fɔrm/

Forms

Singular
het platform
Plural
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

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

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