De or het wreedheid?
de wreedheid
an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting
Article and plural
- Singular
- de wreedheid
- Plural (meervoud)
- de wreedheden
- Diminutive
- het wreedheidje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de wreedheden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het wreedheidje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze wreedheid | deze wreedheden |
| that, those | die wreedheid | die wreedheden |
| which (the … that) | de wreedheid die … | de wreedheden die … |
| our | onze wreedheid | onze wreedheden |
Meaning in English
- an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering; cruelty
- a cruel act
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