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De or het opa?

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de opa

granddad, grandpa, pops

Forms

Singular
de opa
Plural
de opa's
Diminutive
het opaatje

Why de?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de opa is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de opa's whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het opaatje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. granddad, grandpa, pops
  2. any old man

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