De or het belasting?
de belasting
tax, taxation
/bəˈlɑs.tɪŋ/
Forms
- Singular
- de belasting
- Plural
- de belastingen
- Diminutive
- het belastinkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de belastingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het belastinkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze belasting | deze belastingen |
| that, those | die belasting | die belastingen |
| which (the … that) | de belasting die … | de belastingen die … |
| our | onze belasting | onze belastingen |
Meaning in English
- tax, taxation
- strain, burden, load
- load
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