De or het divisie?
de divisie
a large military unit, usually with over 15
/ˌdiˈvi.zi/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de divisie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de divisies
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de divisies whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze divisie | deze divisies |
| that, those | die divisie | die divisies |
| which (the … that) | de divisie die … | de divisies die … |
| our | onze divisie | onze divisies |
Meaning in English
- a large military unit, usually with over 15,000 soldiers and divided into brigades
- a section of a company
- a part of a sports competition
- the process or calculation of dividing numbers
- hyphen
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