De or het competitie?

The correct Dutch article is:

de competitie

  • English: competition
  • Plural: de competities
  • Diminutive: het competitietje
Rule Words ending in -tie and -sie: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) 1. beter willen zijn dan een ander 2. (sport) reeks wedstrijden tussen verschillende clubs

How to use competitie

the competitionde competitie
this competitiondeze competitie
that competitiondie competitie
our competitiononze competitie
your competitionjouw competitie
every competitionelke competitie
which competition?welke competitie?
a big competition / the big competitioneen grote competitie, de grote competitie
the competition (plural)de competities, deze competities

Example sentences with competitie

  • Wie won de competitie? “Who won the competition?”
  • Yanni wil de competitie domineren. “Yanni wants to dominate the competition.”
  • Hij won goud in de competitie. “He won gold in the competition.”

Meaning, plural, diminutive, pronunciation and translations: WikiWoordenboek (Dutch Wiktionary) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).