De or het heining?

The correct Dutch article is:

de heining

  • English: barrier, fence
  • Plural: de heiningen
  • Diminutive: het heininkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) schutting of haag om stukken grond van elkaar af te scheiden

How to use heining

the barrierde heining
this barrierdeze heining
that barrierdie heining
our barrieronze heining
your barrierjouw heining
every barrierelke heining
which barrier?welke heining?
a big barrier / the big barriereen grote heining, de grote heining
the barrier (plural)de heiningen, deze heiningen

Dutch words ending in heining

omheining

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).