De or het vergunning?
de vergunning
a permit, license: authorization by an authority to do something
/vərˈɣʏ.nɪŋ/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de vergunning
- Plural (meervoud)
- de vergunningen
- Diminutive
- het vergunninkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de vergunningen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het vergunninkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze vergunning | deze vergunningen |
| that, those | die vergunning | die vergunningen |
| which (the … that) | de vergunning die … | de vergunningen die … |
| our | onze vergunning | onze vergunningen |
Meaning in English
- a permit, license: authorization by an authority to do something which is otherwise forbidden
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