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De or het aanbeveling?

de aanbeveling

recommendation

/ˈaːm.bəˌveː.lɪŋ/

Article and plural

Singular
de aanbeveling
Plural (meervoud)
de aanbevelingen
Diminutive
het aanbevelinkje

Why de?

  • Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de aanbevelingen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het aanbevelinkje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze aanbevelingdeze aanbevelingen
that, thosedie aanbevelingdie aanbevelingen
which (the … that)de aanbeveling die …de aanbevelingen die …
ouronze aanbevelingonze aanbevelingen

Meaning in English

  1. recommendation

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