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Diminutive of samenleving

The Dutch verkleinwoord of samenleving is het samenlevinkje.

samenlevingsamenlevinkje
-kjehet samenlevinkjesociety

Nouns ending in an unstressed -ing swap the -ng for -kje.

Every Dutch diminutive is a het-word and forms its plural with -s (samenlevinkjes).

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What is the diminutive of "samenleving"?

The diminutive (verkleinwoord) of samenleving is "het samenlevinkje". Nouns ending in an unstressed -ing swap the -ng for -kje.

Is "samenlevinkje" de or het?

Het. Every Dutch diminutive is a het-word, so it is het samenlevinkje even though samenleving takes de.

What is the plural of "samenlevinkje"?

Diminutives always add -s, so the plural is samenlevinkjes.

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