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De or het overstroming?

de overstroming

a flood

/ˌoː.vərˈstroː.mɪŋ/

Article and plural

Singular
de overstroming
Plural (meervoud)
de overstromingen
Diminutive
het overstrominkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze overstromingdeze overstromingen
that, thosedie overstromingdie overstromingen
which (the … that)de overstroming die …de overstromingen die …
ouronze overstromingonze overstromingen

Meaning in English

  1. a flood

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