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