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De or het omleiding?

← Dutch words

de omleiding

detour, diversion (of traffic, routes)

/ˈɔm.lɛi̯.dɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de omleiding
Plural
de omleidingen
Diminutive
het omleidinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. detour, diversion (of traffic, routes)

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