De or het cline?

The correct Dutch article is:

de cline

  • Plural: de clinen / clines
  • Diminutive: het clinetje
Meaning (Dutch) (biologie) graduele reeks van vormkenmerken of -verschillen binnen een soort organismen

How to use cline

the clinede cline
this clinedeze cline
that clinedie cline
our clineonze cline
your clinejouw cline
every clineelke cline
which cline?welke cline?
a big cline / the big clineeen grote cline, de grote cline
the cline (plural)de clinen, deze clinen

Dutch words ending in cline

anticline | syncline | thermocline | isocline | tetracycline

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

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