De or het map?
de map
folder
/mɑp/
Forms
- Singular
- de map
- Plural
- de mappen
- Diminutive
- het mapje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de map is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de mappen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het mapje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze map | deze mappen |
| that, those | die map | die mappen |
| which (the … that) | de map die … | de mappen die … |
| our | onze map | onze mappen |
Meaning in English
- folder
- directory, folder
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