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De or het frequentie?

de frequentie

frequency (rate of occurrence of anything)

Article and plural

Singular
de frequentie
Plural (meervoud)
de frequenties
Diminutive
het frequentietje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze frequentiedeze frequenties
that, thosedie frequentiedie frequenties
which (the … that)de frequentie die …de frequenties die …
ouronze frequentieonze frequenties

Meaning in English

  1. frequency (rate of occurrence of anything)
  2. frequency, measure of pulsation as in (radio) waves

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