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De or het onderneming?

de onderneming

venture, enterprise, concern

/ɔn.dərˈneː.mɪŋ/

Article and plural

Singular
de onderneming
Plural (meervoud)
de ondernemingen
Diminutive
het onderneminkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze ondernemingdeze ondernemingen
that, thosedie ondernemingdie ondernemingen
which (the … that)de onderneming die …de ondernemingen die …
ouronze ondernemingonze ondernemingen

Meaning in English

  1. venture, enterprise, concern

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