De or het weekend?
het weekend
weekend
/ˈʋikɛnt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het weekend
- Plural (meervoud)
- de weekenden
- Diminutive
- het weekendje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het weekend is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de weekenden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het weekendje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit weekend | deze weekenden |
| that, those | dat weekend | die weekenden |
| which (the … that) | het weekend dat … | de weekenden die … |
| our | ons weekend | onze weekenden |
Meaning in English
- weekend
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