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De or het prestatie?

de prestatie

feat, accomplishment, achievement

/prɛsˈtaː.(t)si/

Article and plural

Singular
de prestatie
Plural (meervoud)
de prestaties
Diminutive
het prestatietje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze prestatiedeze prestaties
that, thosedie prestatiedie prestaties
which (the … that)de prestatie die …de prestaties die …
ouronze prestatieonze prestaties

Meaning in English

  1. feat, accomplishment, achievement
  2. performance

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