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De or het uitbarsting?

de uitbarsting

eruption, outburst

/ˈœy̯tˌbɑr.stɪŋ/

Article and plural

Singular
de uitbarsting
Plural (meervoud)
de uitbarstingen
Diminutive
het uitbarstinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze uitbarstingdeze uitbarstingen
that, thosedie uitbarstingdie uitbarstingen
which (the … that)de uitbarsting die …de uitbarstingen die …
ouronze uitbarstingonze uitbarstingen

Meaning in English

  1. eruption, outburst

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