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De or het document?

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het document

document

/ˌdoː.kyˈmɛnt/

Forms

Singular
het document
Plural
de documenten
Diminutive
het documentje

Why het?

  • Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de documenten whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het documentje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. document

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