De or het dimensie?
de dimensie
dimension (measure of spatial or analogous extent)
/ˌdiˈmɛn.si/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de dimensie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de dimensies
- Diminutive
- het dimensietje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de dimensies whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het dimensietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze dimensie | deze dimensies |
| that, those | die dimensie | die dimensies |
| which (the … that) | de dimensie die … | de dimensies die … |
| our | onze dimensie | onze dimensies |
Meaning in English
- dimension (measure of spatial or analogous extent)
- dimension (number of elements of any basis of a vector space)
- dimension (set of fundamental measures of a physical quantity)
- dimension (plane of existence)
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