De or het gemeenschap?
de gemeenschap
community
/ɣəˈmeːnˌsxɑp/
Forms
- Singular
- de gemeenschap
- Plural
- de gemeenschappen
- Diminutive
- het gemeenschapje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de gemeenschappen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het gemeenschapje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- community
- commonality
- intercourse, sexual intercourse
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