De or het snoepje?
het snoepje
a sweet, a piece of candy
/ˈsnup.jə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het snoepje
- Plural (meervoud)
- de snoepjes
Why het?
- This is a diminutive, the form ending in -je, and every diminutive takes het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de snoepjes whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit snoepje | deze snoepjes |
| that, those | dat snoepje | die snoepjes |
| which (the … that) | het snoepje dat … | de snoepjes die … |
| our | ons snoepje | onze snoepjes |
Meaning in English
- a sweet, a piece of candy
- a pill of ecstasy or, more broadly, any drug in pill form
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