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De or het overschrijving?

← Dutch words

de overschrijving

a remittance, giro, payment by transfer to another (bank) account

/ˈoː.vərˌsxrɛɪ.vɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de overschrijving
Plural
de overschrijvingen
Diminutive
het overschrijvinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. a remittance, giro, payment by transfer to another (bank) account
  2. the document (form, slip) by which such transfer is effectuated

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