De or het dossier?
het dossier
dossier
/dɔˈʃeː/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het dossier
- Plural (meervoud)
- de dossiers
- Diminutive
- het dossiertje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het dossier is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de dossiers whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het dossiertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit dossier | deze dossiers |
| that, those | dat dossier | die dossiers |
| which (the … that) | het dossier dat … | de dossiers die … |
| our | ons dossier | onze dossiers |
Meaning in English
- dossier
- file, physical collection of documentation
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