De or het partij?
de partij
political party
/pɑrˈtɛi̯/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de partij
- Plural (meervoud)
- de partijen
- Diminutive
- het partijtje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de partijen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het partijtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze partij | deze partijen |
| that, those | die partij | die partijen |
| which (the … that) | de partij die … | de partijen die … |
| our | onze partij | onze partijen |
Meaning in English
- political party
- party, quantity
- side or actor in a conflict, procedure et cetera
- party, festivity
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