"De doosjes zijn leeg."
Translation:The boxes are empty.
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So even though diminutives are all het words, plurals still over rule and make them a de word?
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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.
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well diminutives aren't compound words, so your reasoning is flawed there, just remember that all diminutives are neuter.
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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?
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Maybe tinyset is onto something here--a recipe to not take the world too seriously...
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Does 'doosje' also refer to the small squares that one ticks on forms? À la 'Kästchen' in German?
