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De or het verwachting?

de verwachting

expectation

/vərˈʋɑx.tɪŋ/

Article and plural

Singular
de verwachting
Plural (meervoud)
de verwachtingen
Diminutive
het verwachtinkje

Why de?

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

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What de changes

SingularPlural
this, thesedeze verwachtingdeze verwachtingen
that, thosedie verwachtingdie verwachtingen
which (the … that)de verwachting die …de verwachtingen die …
ouronze verwachtingonze verwachtingen

Meaning in English

  1. expectation
  2. forecast

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