De or het organisatie?
de organisatie
an organization (institution)
/ˌɔr.ɣaː.niˈzaː.(t)si/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de organisatie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de organisaties
- Diminutive
- het organisatietje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de organisaties whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het organisatietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze organisatie | deze organisaties |
| that, those | die organisatie | die organisaties |
| which (the … that) | de organisatie die … | de organisaties die … |
| our | onze organisatie | onze organisaties |
Meaning in English
- an organization (institution)
- organization, the way or degree that something is organized
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