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De or het kostuum?

het kostuum

a suit

/kɔsˈtym/

Article and plural

Singular
het kostuum
Plural (meervoud)
de kostuums
Diminutive
het kostuumpje

Why het?

  • Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de kostuums whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het kostuumpje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit kostuumdeze kostuums
that, thosedat kostuumdie kostuums
which (the … that)het kostuum dat …de kostuums die …
ourons kostuumonze kostuums

Meaning in English

  1. a suit
  2. a theatrical costume of a character

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