De or het plek?
de plek
spot, place
/plɛk/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de plek
- Plural (meervoud)
- de plekken
- Diminutive
- het plekje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de plek is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de plekken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het plekje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze plek | deze plekken |
| that, those | die plek | die plekken |
| which (the … that) | de plek die … | de plekken die … |
| our | onze plek | onze plekken |
Meaning in English
- spot, place
- bruise
Remember plek with Spreek
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