De or het verkoudheid?
de verkoudheid
cold (illness)
Article and plural
- Singular
- de verkoudheid
- Plural (meervoud)
- de verkoudheden
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de verkoudheden whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze verkoudheid | deze verkoudheden |
| that, those | die verkoudheid | die verkoudheden |
| which (the … that) | de verkoudheid die … | de verkoudheden die … |
| our | onze verkoudheid | onze verkoudheden |
Meaning in English
- cold (illness)
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