De or het overstroming?
de overstroming
a flood
/ˌoː.vərˈstroː.mɪŋ/
Forms
- Singular
- de overstroming
- Plural
- de overstromingen
- Diminutive
- het overstrominkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de overstromingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het overstrominkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze overstroming | deze overstromingen |
| that, those | die overstroming | die overstromingen |
| which (the … that) | de overstroming die … | de overstromingen die … |
| our | onze overstroming | onze overstromingen |
Meaning in English
- a flood
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