De or het rekening?
de rekening
a bill, a check; hence the cost of something
/ˈreː.kə.nɪŋ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de rekening
- Plural (meervoud)
- de rekeningen
- Diminutive
- het rekeningetje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de rekeningen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het rekeningetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze rekening | deze rekeningen |
| that, those | die rekening | die rekeningen |
| which (the … that) | de rekening die … | de rekeningen die … |
| our | onze rekening | onze rekeningen |
Meaning in English
- a bill, a check; hence the cost of something
- a calculation
- a mathematically consistent set of data in accounting
- a client's account at a bank etc.
- Reckoning, account, justification
- an invoice
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