De or het toiletpapier?
het toiletpapier
toilet paper
/tʋaːˈlɛt.paːˌpiːr/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het toiletpapier
- Diminutive
- het toiletpapiertje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het toiletpapier is learned together with the word.
- Every diminutive takes het: het toiletpapiertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | dit toiletpapier |
| that, those | dat toiletpapier |
| which (the … that) | het toiletpapier dat … |
| our | ons toiletpapier |
Meaning in English
- toilet paper
Remember toiletpapier with Spreek
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