De or het complicatie?
de complicatie
complication, entanglement
Article and plural
- Singular
- de complicatie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de complicaties
- Diminutive
- het complicatietje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de complicaties whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het complicatietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze complicatie | deze complicaties |
| that, those | die complicatie | die complicaties |
| which (the … that) | de complicatie die … | de complicaties die … |
| our | onze complicatie | onze complicaties |
Meaning in English
- complication, entanglement
- complication
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