De or het meting?

The correct Dutch article is:

de meting

  • English: measurement
  • Plural: de metingen
  • Diminutive: het metinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (techniek, natuurkunde) het meten (bepaling van de maat, waarde, grootte)

How to use meting

the measurementde meting
this measurementdeze meting
that measurementdie meting
our measurementonze meting
your measurementjouw meting
every measurementelke meting
which measurement?welke meting?
a big measurement / the big measurementeen grote meting, de grote meting
the measurement (plural)de metingen, deze metingen

Example sentences with meting

  • De meting moet exact zijn. “The measurement has to be exact.”
  • Verschillende metingen laten hoge radonniveaus in dit gebied zien. “Several measurements show high radon levels in this area.”

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