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De or het verpakking?

de verpakking

packaging

/vərˈpɑ.kɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de verpakking
Plural
de verpakkingen
Diminutive
het verpakkinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. packaging

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