De or het preventie?
de preventie
prevention, preemption
/ˌpreːˈvɛn.(t)si/
Forms
- Singular
- de preventie
- Plural
- de preventies
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de preventies whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze preventie | deze preventies |
| that, those | die preventie | die preventies |
| which (the … that) | de preventie die … | de preventies die … |
| our | onze preventie | onze preventies |
Meaning in English
- prevention, preemption
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