De or het sprookje?
het sprookje
a usually old, allegorical short story
/ˈsproːk.jə/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het sprookje
- Plural (meervoud)
- de sprookjes
Why het?
- This is a diminutive, the form ending in -je, and every diminutive takes het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de sprookjes 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 sprookje | deze sprookjes |
| that, those | dat sprookje | die sprookjes |
| which (the … that) | het sprookje dat … | de sprookjes die … |
| our | ons sprookje | onze sprookjes |
Meaning in English
- a usually old, allegorical short story
- story presented as true that is not believable
- dream come true (very desirable life)
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