De or het vaardigheid?
de vaardigheid
skill
/ˈvaːrdəxˌɦɛi̯t/
Forms
- Singular
- de vaardigheid
- Plural
- de vaardigheden
- Diminutive
- het vaardigheidje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vaardigheden whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vaardigheidje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze vaardigheid | deze vaardigheden |
| that, those | die vaardigheid | die vaardigheden |
| which (the … that) | de vaardigheid die … | de vaardigheden die … |
| our | onze vaardigheid | onze vaardigheden |
Meaning in English
- skill
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