De or het goesting?

The correct Dutch article is:

de goesting

  • English: desire, appetite
  • Plural: de goestingen
  • Diminutive: het goestingske
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (informeel) gevoel dat men graag van iets wil gaan genieten

How to use goesting

the desirede goesting
this desiredeze goesting
that desiredie goesting
our desireonze goesting
your desirejouw goesting
every desireelke goesting
which desire?welke goesting?
a big desire / the big desireeen grote goesting, de grote goesting
the desire (plural)de goestingen, deze goestingen

Example sentences with goesting

  • Ik heb geen goesting om naar buiten te gaan. “I don't fancy going outside.”

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