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.
Pronunciation
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Noun
kindertjes
- (deprecated template usage) Plural form of kindje
- (deprecated template usage) Plural form 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.