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De or het plezier?

het plezier

fun, leisure

/pləˈziːr/

Article and plural

Singular
het plezier
Diminutive
het pleziertje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het plezier is learned together with the word.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het pleziertje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

Singular
this, thesedit plezier
that, thosedat plezier
which (the … that)het plezier dat …
ourons plezier

Meaning in English

  1. fun, leisure
  2. pleasure

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