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De or het vertraging?

← Dutch words

de vertraging

delay

/vərˈtraːɣɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de vertraging
Plural
de vertragingen
Diminutive
het vertraginkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. delay
  2. deceleration

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