De or het aarzeling?

The correct Dutch article is:

de aarzeling

  • English: hesitation
  • Plural: de aarzelingen
  • Diminutive: het aarzelingetje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) onzekerheid, twijfel, weifel

How to use aarzeling

the hesitationde aarzeling
this hesitationdeze aarzeling
that hesitationdie aarzeling
our hesitationonze aarzeling
your hesitationjouw aarzeling
every hesitationelke aarzeling
which hesitation?welke aarzeling?
a big hesitation / the big hesitationeen grote aarzeling, de grote aarzeling
the hesitation (plural)de aarzelingen, deze aarzelingen

Example sentences with aarzeling

  • Ziri antwoordde zonder aarzeling. “Ziri answered without hesitation.”

Meaning, plural, diminutive, pronunciation and translations: WikiWoordenboek (Dutch Wiktionary) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).