De or het lekkage?
de lekkage
leakage
/ˌlɛˈkaː.ʒə/
Forms
- Singular
- de lekkage
- Plural
- de lekkages
- Diminutive
- het lekkagetje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de lekkage is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de lekkages whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het lekkagetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- leakage
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