De or het drenkeling?

The correct Dutch article is:

de drenkeling

  • Plural: de drenkelingen
  • Diminutive: het drenkelingetje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) iemand die te water geraakt en dreigt te verdrinken

How to use drenkeling

the drenkelingde drenkeling
this drenkelingdeze drenkeling
that drenkelingdie drenkeling
our drenkelingonze drenkeling
your drenkelingjouw drenkeling
every drenkelingelke drenkeling
which drenkeling?welke drenkeling?
a big drenkeling / the big drenkelingeen grote drenkeling, de grote drenkeling
the drenkeling (plural)de drenkelingen, deze drenkelingen

Example sentences with drenkeling

  • René Eggink (19) en Thomas Olsman (18) redden eind vorig jaar een drenkeling uit het kanaal in Vroomshoop.

Dutch words starting with drenkeling

drenkelinge | drenkelingendetectiesysteem

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