De or het batterij?
de batterij
battery, tactical artillery unit
/bɑtəˈrɛi̯/
Forms
- Singular
- de batterij
- Plural
- de batterijen
- Diminutive
- het batterijtje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de batterijen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het batterijtje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze batterij | deze batterijen |
| that, those | die batterij | die batterijen |
| which (the … that) | de batterij die … | de batterijen die … |
| our | onze batterij | onze batterijen |
Meaning in English
- battery, tactical artillery unit
- electrical battery, power storage device
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