De or het app?
de app
an app
/ɛp/
Forms
- Singular
- de app
- Plural
- 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
Meaning in English
- an app
- a text message sent using an app
- a chat on a text messaging app, particularly a group chat
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