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