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De or het lening?

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de lening

a loan, credit

/ˈleː.nɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de lening
Plural
de leningen
Diminutive
het leninkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a loan, credit

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