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De or het attentie?

de attentie

attention, attentiveness

/ˌɑˈtɛn.(t)si/

Article and plural

Singular
de attentie

Why de?

  • Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

Singular
this, thesedeze attentie
that, thosedie attentie
which (the … that)de attentie die …
ouronze attentie

Meaning in English

  1. attention, attentiveness
  2. courteousness, urbanity

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