De or het stempel?
de/het stempel
stamp, die, seal (of wax)
Forms
- Singular
- de stempel or het stempel
- Plural
- de stempels
- Diminutive
- het stempeltje
Why both articles?
- Dictionaries accept both de and het for stempel. Pick one and use it consistently.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de stempels whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het stempeltje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- stamp, die, seal (of wax)
- stamp, postmark (of ink)
- any kind of mark or sign of influence
- stigma
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