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De or het opleiding?

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de opleiding

education, training, instruction

Forms

Singular
de opleiding
Plural
de opleidingen
Diminutive
het opleidinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. education, training, instruction

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