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De or het rondje?

het rondje

a round (usually of drinks) bought by someone, e.g. in a bar

/ˈrɔntjə/

Article and plural

Singular
het rondje
Plural (meervoud)
de rondjes

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit rondjedeze rondjes
that, thosedat rondjedie rondjes
which (the … that)het rondje dat …de rondjes die …
ourons rondjeonze rondjes

Meaning in English

  1. a round (usually of drinks) bought by someone, e.g. in a bar
  2. an O in the game of tic-tac-toe

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