De or het storing?
de storing
malfunction
/ˈstoːrɪŋ/
Forms
- Singular
- de storing
- Plural
- de storingen
- Diminutive
- het storinkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de storingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het storinkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze storing | deze storingen |
| that, those | die storing | die storingen |
| which (the … that) | de storing die … | de storingen die … |
| our | onze storing | onze storingen |
Meaning in English
- malfunction
- disruption
- interference
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