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De or het vrouwtje?

het vrouwtje

woman (as a term of address), wifey, lassie

Article and plural

Singular
het vrouwtje
Plural (meervoud)
de vrouwtjes

Why het?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedit vrouwtjedeze vrouwtjes
that, thosedat vrouwtjedie vrouwtjes
which (the … that)het vrouwtje dat …de vrouwtjes die …
ourons vrouwtjeonze vrouwtjes

Meaning in English

  1. woman (as a term of address), wifey, lassie
  2. the female of a species of animal

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