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De or het project?

het project

project (planned endeavor)

/proːˈjɛkt/

Article and plural

Singular
het project
Plural (meervoud)
de projecten
Diminutive
het projectje

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit projectdeze projecten
that, thosedat projectdie projecten
which (the … that)het project dat …de projecten die …
ourons projectonze projecten

Meaning in English

  1. project (planned endeavor)

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