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De or het actie?

de actie

action, activity, movement; especially

/ˈɑk.si/

Article and plural

Singular
de actie
Plural (meervoud)
de acties
Diminutive
het actietje

Why de?

  • Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de acties whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het actietje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze actiedeze acties
that, thosedie actiedie acties
which (the … that)de actie die …de acties die …
ouronze actieonze acties

Meaning in English

  1. action, activity, movement; especially (without article) a fast-paced activity
  2. action; motion

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