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De or het betaling?

← Dutch words

de betaling

payment

/bəˈtaː.lɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de betaling
Plural
de betalingen
Diminutive
het betalinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. payment

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