De or het studie?
de studie
the activity of studying (mental effort to learn or acquire knowledge)
/ˈsty.di/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de studie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de studies
- Diminutive
- het studietje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de studie is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de studies whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het studietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze studie | deze studies |
| that, those | die studie | die studies |
| which (the … that) | de studie die … | de studies die … |
| our | onze studie | onze studies |
Meaning in English
- the activity of studying (mental effort to learn or acquire knowledge)
- a study (tertiary education, usually at an academic level)
- a study, (piece of) research
- a study, preliminary sketch, model ... in preparation for a work of art or as an exercise in a technique
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