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De or het diploma?

← Dutch words

het diploma

diploma

/ˌdiˈploː.maː/

Forms

Singular
het diploma
Plural
de diploma's
Diminutive
het diplomaatje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het diploma is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de diploma's whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het diplomaatje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. diploma

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