De or het ontmoeting?
de ontmoeting
a meeting (an encounter between people)
/ˌɔntˈmu.tɪŋ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de ontmoeting
- Plural (meervoud)
- 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
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze ontmoeting | deze ontmoetingen |
| that, those | die ontmoeting | die ontmoetingen |
| which (the … that) | de ontmoeting die … | de ontmoetingen die … |
| our | onze ontmoeting | onze ontmoetingen |
Meaning in English
- a meeting (an encounter between people)
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