De or het natie?
de natie
nation
/ˈnaː.(t)si/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de natie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de naties
- Diminutive
- het natietje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de naties whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het natietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze natie | deze naties |
| that, those | die natie | die naties |
| which (the … that) | de natie die … | de naties die … |
| our | onze natie | onze naties |
Meaning in English
- nation
- guild
- early modern community of traders resident in a foreign city
- early modern student society, organized by region or nation of origin
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