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De or het getuigenis?

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de/het getuigenis

a testimony: declaration/statement serving to bear evidence or proof

/ɣəˈtœy̯.ɣəˌnɪs/

Article and plural

Singular
de getuigenis or het getuigenis
Plural (meervoud)
de getuigenissen
Diminutive
het getuigenisje

Why both articles?

  • Dictionaries accept both de and het for getuigenis. Pick one and use it consistently.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de getuigenissen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het getuigenisje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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Meaning in English

  1. a testimony: declaration/statement serving to bear evidence or proof in an inquiry and/or trial
  2. hence also other proof

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