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De or het ovens?

de ovens

Meaning

oven, furnace

Example

De smelterij had verschillende grote ovens om metaal te smelten.

The foundry had several large furnaces to melt metal.

De bakker bakte het verse brood in de oven.

The baker baked the fresh bread in the oven.

Why?

Every Dutch plural takes de.

Learn more about this rule
Plural
de ovens
Diminutive
het oventje
Demonstrative
deze oven / die oven
With an adjective
een mooie oven / de mooie oven
See the base form