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