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De or het lading?

de lading

cargo

Article and plural

Singular
de lading
Plural (meervoud)
de ladingen
Diminutive
het ladinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze ladingdeze ladingen
that, thosedie ladingdie ladingen
which (the … that)de lading die …de ladingen die …
ouronze ladingonze ladingen

Meaning in English

  1. cargo
  2. charge, tension
  3. charge
  4. undertone, undercurrent

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