De or het tekening?
de tekening
drawing
/ˈteː.kə.nɪŋ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de tekening
- Plural (meervoud)
- de tekeningen
- Diminutive
- het tekeningetje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de tekeningen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het tekeningetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze tekening | deze tekeningen |
| that, those | die tekening | die tekeningen |
| which (the … that) | de tekening die … | de tekeningen die … |
| our | onze tekening | onze tekeningen |
Meaning in English
- drawing
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