De or het kneuzing?
de kneuzing
a bruise, a physically hurt part of the body
Article and plural
- Singular
- de kneuzing
- Plural (meervoud)
- de kneuzingen
- Diminutive
- het kneuzinkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de kneuzingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het kneuzinkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze kneuzing | deze kneuzingen |
| that, those | die kneuzing | die kneuzingen |
| which (the … that) | de kneuzing die … | de kneuzingen die … |
| our | onze kneuzing | onze kneuzingen |
Meaning in English
- a bruise, a physically hurt part of the body (notably skin) which has no open wound
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