De or het vergissing?
de vergissing
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Article and plural
- Singular
- de vergissing
- Plural (meervoud)
- de vergissingen
- Diminutive
- het vergissinkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vergissingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vergissinkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze vergissing | deze vergissingen |
| that, those | die vergissing | die vergissingen |
| which (the … that) | de vergissing die … | de vergissingen die … |
| our | onze vergissing | onze vergissingen |
Meaning in English
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