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De or het connectie?

de connectie

connection (between people)

Article and plural

Singular
de connectie
Plural (meervoud)
de connecties
Diminutive
het connectietje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze connectiedeze connecties
that, thosedie connectiedie connecties
which (the … that)de connectie die …de connecties die …
ouronze connectieonze connecties

Meaning in English

  1. connection (between people)
  2. connection (in communication networks)

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