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De or het vervalsing?

de vervalsing

forgery, fake, falsification

/vərˈvɑl.sɪŋ/

Article and plural

Singular
de vervalsing
Plural (meervoud)
de vervalsingen
Diminutive
het vervalsinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze vervalsingdeze vervalsingen
that, thosedie vervalsingdie vervalsingen
which (the … that)de vervalsing die …de vervalsingen die …
ouronze vervalsingonze vervalsingen

Meaning in English

  1. forgery, fake, falsification
  2. forgery, the act of forging, faking, falsifying

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