De or het bedoeling?
de bedoeling
intention (goal, purpose)
/bəˈdulɪŋ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de bedoeling
- Plural (meervoud)
- de bedoelingen
- Diminutive
- het bedoelinkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de bedoelingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het bedoelinkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze bedoeling | deze bedoelingen |
| that, those | die bedoeling | die bedoelingen |
| which (the … that) | de bedoeling die … | de bedoelingen die … |
| our | onze bedoeling | onze bedoelingen |
Meaning in English
- intention (goal, purpose)
- eggcorn of bedoening
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