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De or het verhaaltje?

het verhaaltje

tale, story

Article and plural

Singular
het verhaaltje
Plural (meervoud)
de verhaaltjes

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit verhaaltjedeze verhaaltjes
that, thosedat verhaaltjedie verhaaltjes
which (the … that)het verhaaltje dat …de verhaaltjes die …
ourons verhaaltjeonze verhaaltjes

Meaning in English

  1. tale, story

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