De or het tweeling?
de tweeling
a pair of twins; said of people and other mammals
/ˈtʋeː.lɪŋ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de tweeling
- Plural (meervoud)
- de tweelingen
- Diminutive
- het tweelingetje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de tweelingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het tweelingetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze tweeling | deze tweelingen |
| that, those | die tweeling | die tweelingen |
| which (the … that) | de tweeling die … | de tweelingen die … |
| our | onze tweeling | onze tweelingen |
Meaning in English
- a pair of twins; said of people and other mammals
- each of two twin siblings
- a vegetal or object equivalent, e.g. an identical fruit pair
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