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De or het hondje?

het hondje

flatbed cart or trolley without any handles

Article and plural

Singular
het hondje
Plural (meervoud)
de hondjes

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit hondjedeze hondjes
that, thosedat hondjedie hondjes
which (the … that)het hondje dat …de hondjes die …
ourons hondjeonze hondjes

Meaning in English

  1. flatbed cart or trolley without any handles

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