De or het balling?

The correct Dutch article is:

de balling

  • English: exile
  • Plural: de ballingen
  • Diminutive: het ballinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) iemand die verbannen is

How to use balling

the exilede balling
this exiledeze balling
that exiledie balling
our exileonze balling
your exilejouw balling
every exileelke balling
which exile?welke balling?
a big exile / the big exileeen grote balling, de grote balling
the exile (plural)de ballingen, deze ballingen

Example sentences with balling

  • Hij werd een balling in zijn eigen land. “He became an exile in his own country.”

Dutch words ending in balling

samenballing

In compound words, the last part decides the article. See the rule

Dutch words starting with balling

ballinge | ballingschap | ballingsoord

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