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De or het verkiezing?

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de verkiezing

election (by vote or ballot)

/vərˈki.zɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de verkiezing
Plural
de verkiezingen
Diminutive
het verkiezinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. election (by vote or ballot)
  2. election, predestination of the elect in orthodox Calvinism

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