De or het gaatje?
het gaatje
cavity, caries
Article and plural
- Singular
- het gaatje
- Plural (meervoud)
- de gaatjes
Why het?
- This is a diminutive, the form ending in -je, and every diminutive takes het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de gaatjes whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit gaatje | deze gaatjes |
| that, those | dat gaatje | die gaatjes |
| which (the … that) | het gaatje dat … | de gaatjes die … |
| our | ons gaatje | onze gaatjes |
Meaning in English
- cavity, caries
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