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De or het overtreding?

de overtreding

transgression, violation

Article and plural

Singular
de overtreding
Plural (meervoud)
de overtredingen
Diminutive
het overtredinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze overtredingdeze overtredingen
that, thosedie overtredingdie overtredingen
which (the … that)de overtreding die …de overtredingen die …
ouronze overtredingonze overtredingen

Meaning in English

  1. transgression, violation
  2. minor offence, petty offence
  3. foul

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