Correct plural for 3 het-words?

[Fria]

Could you please tell me the correct plural for these 3 het-words?

het werk --> de werken

het applaus --> ???

het deeg --> de degen

Thanks! (de-words coming soon;))

[Grytolle]

Plurals in Dutch have close to nothing to do with gender Only exception is that all plurals on -eren happen to be neutrum. (kind, hoen, blad, ...)

werk, werken
applaus, applausen/applauzen are the plurals I find with google. My dictionary though says that the word doesn't have any plural form
deeg, degen

[Fria]

Plurals in Dutch have close to nothing to do with gender Only exception is that all plurals on -eren happen to be neutrum. (kind, hoen, blad, ...)

I know there are almost no rules
That's why I make special lists, one for de-words, one for het-words and another one for all the not-noun words.
So I just cleared up the het-list, that's all

Thanks for those 3^^
And I'll remember the -eren rule

[Grytolle]

Plurals in Dutch have close to nothing to do with gender Only exception is that all plurals on -eren happen to be neutrum. (kind, hoen, blad, ...)

I know there are almost no rules
That's why I make special lists, one for de-words, one for het-words and another one for all the not-noun words.
So I just cleared up the het-list, that's all

Thanks for those 3^^
And I'll remember the -eren rule

What? Dutch plurals are almost 100% regular... There are a few optional exceptions, and then there are loanwords where the standard language favours -s plurals. The plural of "shift" is "shifts", eventhough "shiften" would be the regular plural (which so happens to be used in Flemish spoken language atleast in Antwerp and East-Flanders)

[Fria]

I meant there are no rules for de/het.

[Grytolle]

I meant there are no rules for de/het.

That's not true either There's a fistful of 100% safe rules, and tons of clues that work most of the time

Still, memorizing words with their article is always a good idea, like you say

[Fria]

Teacher told us that for beginners most rules would be too hard ... that memorising is the best way to start ... and maybe to figure out some rules more naturally

[Grytolle]

Teacher told us that for beginners most rules would be too hard ... that memorising is the best way to start ... and maybe to figure out some rules more naturally

You should definitely learn the 100% sure rules...

[Fria]

i found them on this site ... not that difficult as in German (or Slovene) ... cool!