Skip to content

Diminutive of periode

The Dutch verkleinwoord of periode is het periodetje.

periodeperiodetje
-tjehet periodetjeperiod

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 (periodetjes).

About this noun

What is the diminutive of "periode"?

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

Is "periodetje" de or het?

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

What is the plural of "periodetje"?

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

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.