De or het afdeling?

The correct Dutch article is:

de afdeling

  • English: department
  • Plural: de afdelingen
  • Diminutive: het afdelinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule

How to use afdeling

the departmentde afdeling
this departmentdeze afdeling
that departmentdie afdeling
our departmentonze afdeling
your departmentjouw afdeling
every departmentelke afdeling
which department?welke afdeling?
a big departmenteen grote afdeling
the big departmentde grote afdeling
the department (plural)de afdelingen

Plural, diminutive and translation: WikiWoordenboek (Dutch Wiktionary), license CC BY-SA 4.0.