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De or het verdieping?

← Dutch words

de verdieping

floor, storey

/vərˈdi.pɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de verdieping
Plural
de verdiepingen
Diminutive
het verdiepinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. floor, storey
  2. deepening

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