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