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De or het behandeling?

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de behandeling

medical or therapeutic treatment, therapy

/bəˈɦɑn.də.lɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de behandeling
Plural
de behandelingen
Diminutive
het behandelinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. medical or therapeutic treatment, therapy
  2. judicial treatment

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