De or het kopje?
het kopje
an act of rubbing one's face on someone or something to spread
/ˈkɔ.pjə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het kopje
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kopjes
Why het?
- This is a diminutive, the form ending in -je, and every diminutive takes het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kopjes 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 kopje | deze kopjes |
| that, those | dat kopje | die kopjes |
| which (the … that) | het kopje dat … | de kopjes die … |
| our | ons kopje | onze kopjes |
Meaning in English
- an act of rubbing one's face on someone or something to spread pheromones
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