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De or het uitnodiging?

← Dutch words

de uitnodiging

invitation; the act of inviting; solicitation

/ˈœy̯tˌnoː.də.ɣɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de uitnodiging
Plural
de uitnodigingen
Diminutive
het uitnodigingetje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. invitation; the act of inviting; solicitation, the requesting of a person's company
  2. a document written or printed, or spoken words, conveying the message by which one is invited

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