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De or het formulier?

het formulier

a form, a formally standardized

/ˌfɔr.myˈliːr/

Article and plural

Singular
het formulier
Plural (meervoud)
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

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit formulierdeze formulieren
that, thosedat formulierdie formulieren
which (the … that)het formulier dat …de formulieren die …
ourons formulieronze formulieren

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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