De or het lezing?

The correct Dutch article is:

de lezing

  • English: reading
  • Plural: de lezingen
  • Diminutive: het lezinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) 1. het geven van een voordracht 2. hoe iets begrepen is

How to use lezing

the readingde lezing
this readingdeze lezing
that readingdie lezing
our readingonze lezing
your readingjouw lezing
every readingelke lezing
which reading?welke lezing?
a big reading / the big readingeen grote lezing, de grote lezing
the reading (plural)de lezingen, deze lezingen

Example sentences with lezing

  • Ze hebben de lezing bijgewoond. “They attended the lecture.”
  • Ze woonden de lezing bij. “They attended the lecture.”
  • De lezing was echt saai. “The lecture was really boring.”

Dutch words ending in lezing

nalezing | belezing | aflezing | bloemlezing | radiolezing | herlezing | voorlezing | ontlezing | dialezing | evangelielezing | lunchlezing | bijbellezing | doorlezing | schriftlezing

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

Dutch words starting with lezing

lezingentournee

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