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