De or het inzinking?

The correct Dutch article is:

de inzinking

  • English: collapse
  • Plural: de inzinkingen
  • Diminutive: het inzinkinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) het inzinken, het ineenstorten

How to use inzinking

the collapsede inzinking
this collapsedeze inzinking
that collapsedie inzinking
our collapseonze inzinking
your collapsejouw inzinking
every collapseelke inzinking
which collapse?welke inzinking?
a big collapse / the big collapseeen grote inzinking, de grote inzinking
the collapse (plural)de inzinkingen, deze inzinkingen

Example sentences with inzinking

  • Tom kreeg een inzinking. “Tom cracked up.”
  • Tom had een inzinking. “Tom had a meltdown.”

Dutch words ending in inzinking

zenuwinzinking

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).