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De or het storing?

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de storing

malfunction

/ˈstoːrɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de storing
Plural
de storingen
Diminutive
het storinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. malfunction
  2. disruption
  3. interference

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