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