De or het lezing?
de lezing
reading (act of)
/ˈleː.zɪŋ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de lezing
- Plural (meervoud)
- de lezingen
- Diminutive
- het lezinkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de lezingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het lezinkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze lezing | deze lezingen |
| that, those | die lezing | die lezingen |
| which (the … that) | de lezing die … | de lezingen die … |
| our | onze lezing | onze lezingen |
Meaning in English
- reading (act of)
- lecture
- reading (of a text), passage (that is read)
- reading (an attested or proposed variant of a section of text)
- reading (a stage of legislative treatment of a law proposal)
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