De or het dreiging?

The correct Dutch article is:

de dreiging

  • English: threat, menace
  • Plural: de dreigingen
  • Diminutive: het dreiginkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) een vervelende gebeurtenis die in het vooruitzicht is gesteld

How to use dreiging

the threatde dreiging
this threatdeze dreiging
that threatdie dreiging
our threatonze dreiging
your threatjouw dreiging
every threatelke dreiging
which threat?welke dreiging?
a big threat / the big threateen grote dreiging, de grote dreiging
the threat (plural)de dreigingen, deze dreigingen

Example sentences with dreiging

  • Ik herinner me elke dreiging. “I remember every threat.”
  • Ik heb de dreiging niet serieus genomen. “I didn't take the threat seriously.”

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