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