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De or het map?

← Dutch words

de map

folder

/mɑp/

Forms

Singular
de map
Plural
de mappen
Diminutive
het mapje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de map is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de mappen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het mapje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. folder
  2. directory, folder

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