De or het verdieping?
de verdieping
floor, story
/vərˈdi.pɪŋ/
Forms
- Singular
- de verdieping
- Plural
- de verdiepingen
- Diminutive
- het verdiepinkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de verdiepingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het verdiepinkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze verdieping | deze verdiepingen |
| that, those | die verdieping | die verdiepingen |
| which (the … that) | de verdieping die … | de verdiepingen die … |
| our | onze verdieping | onze verdiepingen |
Meaning in English
- floor, story
- deepening
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