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De or het traditie?

de traditie

tradition

/ˌtraːˈdi.(t)si/

Article and plural

Singular
de traditie
Plural (meervoud)
de tradities
Diminutive
het traditietje

Why de?

  • Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de tradities whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het traditietje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze traditiedeze tradities
that, thosedie traditiedie tradities
which (the … that)de traditie die …de tradities die …
ouronze traditieonze tradities

Meaning in English

  1. tradition

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