kindertjes

Dutch

Etymology

Formed as the plural diminutive of kinderen, the standard but irregular plural of kind, as if the latter was the regular plural of the (nonexistent) singular kinder. The standard plural of the diminutive of kind is kindjes, but this alternative form is common.

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Noun

kindertjes

1. plural of kindje
2. plural of kindertje

References

• Geert Booij (2013) “Autonomous morphology and paradigmatic relations”, in Geert Booij and Jaap van Marle, editors, Yearbook of Morphology 1996, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, pages 58–59.