De or het gevangenis?
de gevangenis
a jail, a prison; especially an institution where convicts are
/ɣəˈvɑ.ŋəˌnɪs/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de gevangenis
- Plural (meervoud)
- de gevangenissen
- Diminutive
- het gevangenisje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de gevangenissen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het gevangenisje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze gevangenis | deze gevangenissen |
| that, those | die gevangenis | die gevangenissen |
| which (the … that) | de gevangenis die … | de gevangenissen die … |
| our | onze gevangenis | onze gevangenissen |
Meaning in English
- a jail, a prison; especially an institution where convicts are incarcerated, but sometimes used more generally
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