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