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De or het peuter?

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de peuter

a toddler, small child, usually between one and four years of age

/ˈpøːtər/

Forms

Singular
de peuter
Plural
de peuters
Diminutive
het peutertje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a toddler, small child, usually between one and four years of age; a little shaver, tyke, tot

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