De or het studie?
de studie
the activity of studying (mental effort to learn or acquire knowledge)
/ˈsty.di/
Forms
- Singular
- de studie
- Plural
- 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
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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