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De or het taak?

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de taak

task

/taːk/

Forms

Singular
de taak
Plural
de taken
Diminutive
het taakje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. task

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