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De or het autoriteit?

de autoriteit

authority

/ˌɑu̯.toː.riˈtɛi̯t/

Article and plural

Singular
de autoriteit
Plural (meervoud)
de autoriteiten
Diminutive
het autoriteitje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze autoriteitdeze autoriteiten
that, thosedie autoriteitdie autoriteiten
which (the … that)de autoriteit die …de autoriteiten die …
ouronze autoriteitonze autoriteiten

Meaning in English

  1. authority

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