De or het redding?
de redding
rescue, rescuing
/ˈrɛ.dɪŋ/
Forms
- Singular
- de redding
- Plural
- de reddingen
- Diminutive
- het reddinkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de reddingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het reddinkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze redding | deze reddingen |
| that, those | die redding | die reddingen |
| which (the … that) | de redding die … | de reddingen die … |
| our | onze redding | onze reddingen |
Meaning in English
- rescue, rescuing
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