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De or het preventie?

de preventie

prevention, preemption

/ˌpreːˈvɛn.(t)si/

Forms

Singular
de preventie
Plural
de preventies

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. prevention, preemption

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