De or het vakantie?
de vakantie
a holiday, vacation
/vaːˈkɑn.(t)si/
Forms
- Singular
- de vakantie
- Plural
- de vakanties
- Diminutive
- het vakantietje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vakanties whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vakantietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze vakantie | deze vakanties |
| that, those | die vakantie | die vakanties |
| which (the … that) | de vakantie die … | de vakanties die … |
| our | onze vakantie | onze vakanties |
Meaning in English
- a holiday, vacation
- an easy, careless time
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