De or het week?
de week
week, period of seven days
/ʋeːk/
Forms
- Singular
- de week
- Plural
- de weken
- Diminutive
- het weekje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de week is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de weken whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het weekje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- week, period of seven days
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