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De or het drankje?

het drankje

a beverage

Article and plural

Singular
het drankje
Plural (meervoud)
de drankjes

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit drankjedeze drankjes
that, thosedat drankjedie drankjes
which (the … that)het drankje dat …de drankjes die …
ourons drankjeonze drankjes

Meaning in English

  1. a beverage
  2. a potion

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