De or het groentje?
het groentje
a novice or rookie, someone inexperienced
/ˈɣrun.tjə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het groentje
- Plural (meervoud)
- de groentjes
Why het?
- This is a diminutive, the form ending in -je, and every diminutive takes het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de groentjes 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 groentje | deze groentjes |
| that, those | dat groentje | die groentjes |
| which (the … that) | het groentje dat … | de groentjes die … |
| our | ons groentje | onze groentjes |
Meaning in English
- a novice or rookie, someone inexperienced
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