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