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De or het verbinding?

de verbinding

connection, link

/vərˈbɪn.dɪŋ/

Article and plural

Singular
de verbinding
Plural (meervoud)
de verbindingen
Diminutive
het verbindinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze verbindingdeze verbindingen
that, thosedie verbindingdie verbindingen
which (the … that)de verbinding die …de verbindingen die …
ouronze verbindingonze verbindingen

Meaning in English

  1. connection, link
  2. compound

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