De or het helling?

The correct Dutch article is:

de helling

  • English: slope
  • Plural: de hellingen
  • Diminutive: het hellinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) 1. een glooiing in het landschap 2. hoek van een lijn of vlak met de horizon

How to use helling

the slopede helling
this slopedeze helling
that slopedie helling
our slopeonze helling
your slopejouw helling
every slopeelke helling
which slope?welke helling?
a big slope / the big slopeeen grote helling, de grote helling
the slope (plural)de hellingen, deze hellingen

Example sentences with helling

  • We skieden de helling af. “We skied down the slope.”

Dutch words ending in helling

schelling | berghelling | vulkaanhelling | wijnhelling | overhelling | scheepshelling | asfalthelling | sneeuwhelling | zandhelling | reparatiehelling | skihelling | dakhelling | puinhelling | sleephelling | grashelling

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

Dutch words starting with helling

hellingbaan | hellingsbaan | hellingshoek

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