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De or het intentie?

de intentie

intention

Article and plural

Singular
de intentie
Plural (meervoud)
de intenties
Diminutive
het intentietje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze intentiedeze intenties
that, thosedie intentiedie intenties
which (the … that)de intentie die …de intenties die …
ouronze intentieonze intenties

Meaning in English

  1. intention

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