De or het watje?
het watje
a piece of cotton wool
Article and plural
- Singular
- het watje
- Plural (meervoud)
- de watjes
Why het?
- This is a diminutive, the form ending in -je, and every diminutive takes het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de watjes 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 watje | deze watjes |
| that, those | dat watje | die watjes |
| which (the … that) | het watje dat … | de watjes die … |
| our | ons watje | onze watjes |
Meaning in English
- a piece of cotton wool
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