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De or het plaatje?

het plaatje

picture

Article and plural

Singular
het plaatje
Plural (meervoud)
de plaatjes

Why het?

  • This is a diminutive, the form ending in -je, and every diminutive takes het.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de plaatjes whatever the singular takes.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit plaatjedeze plaatjes
that, thosedat plaatjedie plaatjes
which (the … that)het plaatje dat …de plaatjes die …
ourons plaatjeonze plaatjes

Meaning in English

  1. picture
  2. something adorable

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