Skip to content

Diminutive of boodschap

The Dutch verkleinwoord of boodschap is het boodschapje.

boodschapboodschapje
-jehet boodschapjemessage

Most nouns simply add -je.

Every Dutch diminutive is a het-word and forms its plural with -s (boodschapjes).

About this noun

What is the diminutive of "boodschap"?

The diminutive (verkleinwoord) of boodschap is "het boodschapje". Most nouns simply add -je.

Is "boodschapje" de or het?

Het. Every Dutch diminutive is a het-word, so it is het boodschapje even though boodschap takes de.

What is the plural of "boodschapje"?

Diminutives always add -s, so the plural is boodschapjes.

Sound like a local.

The platform drills the grammar that makes your Dutch natural, in real A2 exam tasks, AI-graded across all five DUO sections.