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De or het deeltje?

het deeltje

particle

Article and plural

Singular
het deeltje
Plural (meervoud)
de deeltjes

Why het?

  • This is a diminutive, the form ending in -je, and every diminutive takes het.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de deeltjes whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit deeltjedeze deeltjes
that, thosedat deeltjedie deeltjes
which (the … that)het deeltje dat …de deeltjes die …
ourons deeltjeonze deeltjes

Meaning in English

  1. particle

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