De or het maatje?
het maatje
a young or tiny mate
Article and plural
- Singular
- het maatje
- Plural (meervoud)
- de maatjes
Why het?
- This is a diminutive, the form ending in -je, and every diminutive takes het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de maatjes 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 maatje | deze maatjes |
| that, those | dat maatje | die maatjes |
| which (the … that) | het maatje dat … | de maatjes die … |
| our | ons maatje | onze maatjes |
Meaning in English
- a young or tiny mate
- maatjesharing, a young herring
- a small size, measure etc.
- also used as an informal address for a male
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