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