De or het crisis?
de crisis
crisis
/ˈkri.zɪs/
Forms
- Singular
- de crisis
- Plural
- de crises
- Diminutive
- het crisisje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de crisis is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de crises whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het crisisje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze crisis | deze crises |
| that, those | die crisis | die crises |
| which (the … that) | de crisis die … | de crises die … |
| our | onze crisis | onze crises |
Meaning in English
- crisis
- financial crisis
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