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De or het richting?

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de richting

direction

/ˈrɪx.tɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de richting
Plural
de richtingen
Diminutive
het richtinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. direction
  2. movement, tendency

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