In this podcast series you will learn a few Dutch words and pronunciations every week in a few minutes. The lessons are in English and are hosted by Dutch teacher Joyce Diebels from Dutch with Joyce. This time you get an answer to the question: when do you use de, het or een?
Words from lesson 9: THE in Dutch (de/het/een)
- de comes for the names of people like de moeder (the mother) and de leraar (the teacher) and work titles e.g. de tandarts (the dentist) and de bakker (the baker)
- there is one exception —> het kind (the child)
- always use de when plural —> het kind / de kinderen (the children) or het boek / de boeken (the book(s))
- use het for diminutives, in Dutch identified by -je/-tje/-pje at the end of a word
- een has two meanings: a and one
| English | Dutch |
| the child | het kind |
| the children | de kinderen |
| the boy | de jongen |
| the little boy | het jongetje |
| the little boys | de jongetjes |
| a boy | een jongen |
| one boy | één jongen |
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