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- "De doosjes zijn leeg."
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Formally, if I understand correctly, the gender of compound words is defined by the 'last' word. de + de word is de, het + de is de, de + het is het, het + het is het. je isn't a noun by itself, but it would be neuter, so all +je diminutives are het words.
EDIT: To be clear, that's the explanation why +je diminutives are het words. Plural +je diminutives are de words like all other plurals.
Tinyset
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So basically, if I am unsure of the word's gender, I can just use dimunitive on everything and add "het" to it. Would that be okay?