De or het operatie?
de operatie
operation
/ˌoː.pəˈraː.(t)si/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de operatie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de operaties
- Diminutive
- het operatietje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de operaties whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het operatietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze operatie | deze operaties |
| that, those | die operatie | die operaties |
| which (the … that) | de operatie die … | de operaties die … |
| our | onze operatie | onze operaties |
Meaning in English
- operation
- operation, procedure, surgery
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