De or het verbetering?
de verbetering
an improvement, amelioration
Article and plural
- Singular
- de verbetering
- Plural (meervoud)
- de verbeteringen
- Diminutive
- het verbeteringetje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de verbeteringen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het verbeteringetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
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What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze verbetering | deze verbeteringen |
| that, those | die verbetering | die verbeteringen |
| which (the … that) | de verbetering die … | de verbeteringen die … |
| our | onze verbetering | onze verbeteringen |
Meaning in English
- an improvement, amelioration
- a correction, rectification,
- a reparation, amendment
- the act or process of improving, correcting etc.
- a raise, promotion etc.
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