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De or het pret?

de pret

fun

/prɛt/

Article and plural

Singular
de pret
Diminutive
het pretje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

Singular
this, thesedeze pret
that, thosedie pret
which (the … that)de pret die …
ouronze pret

Meaning in English

  1. fun

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