De or het document?
het document
document
/ˌdoː.kyˈmɛnt/
Forms
- Singular
- het document
- Plural
- de documenten
- Diminutive
- het documentje
Why het?
- Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de documenten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het documentje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit document | deze documenten |
| that, those | dat document | die documenten |
| which (the … that) | het document dat … | de documenten die … |
| our | ons document | onze documenten |
Meaning in English
- document
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