De or het vriendschap?
de vriendschap
friendship
/ˈvrint.sxɑp/
Forms
- Singular
- de vriendschap
- Plural
- de vriendschappen
- Diminutive
- het vriendschapje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vriendschappen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vriendschapje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- friendship
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