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De or het instelling?

← Dutch words

de instelling

setting, configuration option

/ˈɪnˌstɛ.lɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de instelling
Plural
de instellingen
Diminutive
het instellinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. setting, configuration option
  2. institution
  3. attitude
  4. adjustment
  5. setting, atmosphere

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