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De or het redding?

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de redding

rescue, rescuing

/ˈrɛ.dɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de redding
Plural
de reddingen
Diminutive
het reddinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. rescue, rescuing

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