Skip to content

Diminutive of milieu

The Dutch verkleinwoord of milieu is het milieutje.

milieumilieutje
-tjehet milieutjeenvironment

After a long vowel, a diphthong, or an unstressed -el/-en/-er ending, add -tje.

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

About this noun

What is the diminutive of "milieu"?

The diminutive (verkleinwoord) of milieu is "het milieutje". After a long vowel, a diphthong, or an unstressed -el/-en/-er ending, add -tje.

Is "milieutje" de or het?

Het. Every Dutch diminutive is a het-word, so it is het milieutje even though milieu takes het.

What is the plural of "milieutje"?

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

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.