Articles and Demonstratives

common	neuter
Singular "the"	de	het
Plural "the"	de
Indefinite "a" or "an"	een

	common	neuter
Singular this that	deze die	dit dat
Plural these those	deze die

The definite article is used more in Dutch than in English. It is always used before the names of the seasons, street names and in an abstract sense. There are some idioms that should be memorized, however: in het Nederlands (in Dutch), in de stad (in town), in het zwart (in black), met de auto (by car), met de tijd (in/with time); op tafel (on the table), in zee (in the sea), op kantoor (at the office), in bad (in the bath), op straat (in the street).