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De or het conclusie?

de conclusie

conclusion

/kɔŋˈklyzi/

Article and plural

Singular
de conclusie
Plural (meervoud)
de conclusies
Diminutive
het conclusietje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze conclusiedeze conclusies
that, thosedie conclusiedie conclusies
which (the … that)de conclusie die …de conclusies die …
ouronze conclusieonze conclusies

Meaning in English

  1. conclusion
  2. opinion (judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice for a legal solution in a case)

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