De or het verzekering?
de verzekering
insurance
/vərˈzeː.kə.rɪŋ/
Forms
- Singular
- de verzekering
- Plural
- de verzekeringen
- Diminutive
- het verzekeringetje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de verzekeringen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het verzekeringetje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Meaning in English
- insurance
- assurance, act of assuring, something that one has assured
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