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De or het nationaliteit?

de nationaliteit

nationality

Forms

Singular
de nationaliteit
Plural
de nationaliteiten

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. nationality

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