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De or het ontmoeting?

← Dutch words

de ontmoeting

a meeting (an encounter between people)

/ˌɔntˈmu.tɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de ontmoeting
Plural
de ontmoetingen
Diminutive
het ontmoetinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a meeting (an encounter between people)

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