De or het situatie?
de situatie
situation, circumstance
/sityˈaː(t)si/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de situatie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de situaties
- Diminutive
- het situatietje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de situaties whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het situatietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze situatie | deze situaties |
| that, those | die situatie | die situaties |
| which (the … that) | de situatie die … | de situaties die … |
| our | onze situatie | onze situaties |
Meaning in English
- situation, circumstance
Remember situatie with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
FreeiPhone
(opens in a new tab)