De or het beschaving?
de beschaving
civilization (organized culture encompassing many communities)
/bəˈsxaː.vɪŋ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de beschaving
- Plural (meervoud)
- de beschavingen
- Diminutive
- het beschavinkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de beschavingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het beschavinkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze beschaving | deze beschavingen |
| that, those | die beschaving | die beschavingen |
| which (the … that) | de beschaving die … | de beschavingen die … |
| our | onze beschaving | onze beschavingen |
Meaning in English
- civilization (organized culture encompassing many communities)
- civilization (society, as opposed to wild nature)
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