De or het laptop?
de laptop
laptop (computer with a clamshell design, portable and foldable)
/ˈlɛp.tɔp/
Forms
- Singular
- de laptop
- Plural
- de laptops
- Diminutive
- het laptopje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de laptop is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de laptops whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het laptopje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- laptop (computer with a clamshell design, portable and foldable)
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