De or het diploma?
het diploma
diploma
/ˌdiˈploː.maː/
Forms
- Singular
- het diploma
- Plural
- de diploma's
- Diminutive
- het diplomaatje
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het diploma is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de diploma's whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het diplomaatje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit diploma | deze diploma's |
| that, those | dat diploma | die diploma's |
| which (the … that) | het diploma dat … | de diploma's die … |
| our | ons diploma | onze diploma's |
Meaning in English
- diploma
Remember diploma with Spreek
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