De or het mislukking?
de mislukking
failure
Article and plural
- Singular
- de mislukking
- Plural (meervoud)
- de mislukkingen
- Diminutive
- het mislukkingetje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de mislukkingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het mislukkingetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze mislukking | deze mislukkingen |
| that, those | die mislukking | die mislukkingen |
| which (the … that) | de mislukking die … | de mislukkingen die … |
| our | onze mislukking | onze mislukkingen |
Meaning in English
- failure
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