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De or het beroemdheid?

de beroemdheid

fame

/bəˈrumtˌɦɛi̯t/

Article and plural

Singular
de beroemdheid
Plural (meervoud)
de beroemdheden
Diminutive
het beroemdheidje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze beroemdheiddeze beroemdheden
that, thosedie beroemdheiddie beroemdheden
which (the … that)de beroemdheid die …de beroemdheden die …
ouronze beroemdheidonze beroemdheden

Meaning in English

  1. fame
  2. a famous individual

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