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