De or het stokje?
het stokje
baton (in a relay race)
Article and plural
- Singular
- het stokje
- Plural (meervoud)
- de stokjes
Why het?
- This is a diminutive, the form ending in -je, and every diminutive takes het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de stokjes 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 stokje | deze stokjes |
| that, those | dat stokje | die stokjes |
| which (the … that) | het stokje dat … | de stokjes die … |
| our | ons stokje | onze stokjes |
Meaning in English
- baton (in a relay race)
- chopstick
- double crochet (US sense)
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