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De or het speeltje?

het speeltje

a toy, a plaything

/ˈspeːl.tjə/

Article and plural

Singular
het speeltje
Plural (meervoud)
de speeltjes

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit speeltjedeze speeltjes
that, thosedat speeltjedie speeltjes
which (the … that)het speeltje dat …de speeltjes die …
ourons speeltjeonze speeltjes

Meaning in English

  1. a toy, a plaything

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