De or het peuter?
de peuter
a toddler, small child, usually between one and four years of age
/ˈpøːtər/
Forms
- Singular
- de peuter
- Plural
- de peuters
- Diminutive
- het peutertje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de peuter is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de peuters whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het peutertje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze peuter | deze peuters |
| that, those | die peuter | die peuters |
| which (the … that) | de peuter die … | de peuters die … |
| our | onze peuter | onze peuters |
Meaning in English
- a toddler, small child, usually between one and four years of age; a little shaver, tyke, tot
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