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De or het oefening?

← Dutch words

de oefening

practice

/ˈufənɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de oefening
Plural
de oefeningen
Diminutive
het oefeninkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. practice
  2. exercise (activity or problem to train a skill, e.g. exercises in educational material)

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