De or het strategie?
de strategie
strategy
/ˌstraː.teːˈɣi/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de strategie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de strategieën
- Diminutive
- het strategietje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de strategie is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de strategieën whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het strategietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze strategie | deze strategieën |
| that, those | die strategie | die strategieën |
| which (the … that) | de strategie die … | de strategieën die … |
| our | onze strategie | onze strategieën |
Meaning in English
- strategy
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