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De or het app?

de app

an app

/ɛp/

Article and plural

Singular
de app
Plural (meervoud)
de apps
Diminutive
het appje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze appdeze apps
that, thosedie appdie apps
which (the … that)de app die …de apps die …
ouronze apponze apps

Meaning in English

  1. an app
  2. a text message sent using an app
  3. a chat on a text messaging app, particularly a group chat

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