De or het referentie?
de referentie
a reference, person who vouches for another, character witness
Article and plural
- Singular
- de referentie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de referenties
- Diminutive
- het referentietje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de referenties whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het referentietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze referentie | deze referenties |
| that, those | die referentie | die referenties |
| which (the … that) | de referentie die … | de referenties die … |
| our | onze referentie | onze referenties |
Meaning in English
- a reference, person who vouches for another, character witness
- a quoted or otherwise consulted, preferably reliably or authoritative source, as for writing an academic document
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