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De or het prijs?

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de prijs

price, fare, charge

/prɛi̯s/

Forms

Singular
de prijs
Plural
de prijzen
Diminutive
het prijsje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. price, fare, charge
  2. price, price tag, price ticket
  3. prize, award, trophy
  4. reward, prize
  5. praise, act of praising

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