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De or het formulier?

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het formulier

a form, a formally standardized

/ˌfɔr.myˈliːr/

Forms

Singular
het formulier
Plural
de formulieren
Diminutive
het formuliertje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het formulier is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de formulieren whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het formuliertje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a form, a formally standardized (often printed) document to fill out in order to file a specific request, declaration etc.

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