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De or het relatie?

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de relatie

relation

/reːˈlaː.tsi/

Forms

Singular
de relatie
Plural
de relaties
Diminutive
het relatietje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. relation
  2. relationship

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