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De or het werkplek?

de werkplek

workplace

/ˈʋɛrk.plɛk/

Forms

Singular
de werkplek
Plural
de werkplekken
Diminutive
het werkplekje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. workplace

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