De or het mishandeling?

The correct Dutch article is:

de mishandeling

  • English: abuse
  • Plural: de mishandelingen
  • Diminutive: het mishandelingetje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (misdaad) het moedwillig toebrengen van psychisch en/of fysiek letsel

How to use mishandeling

the abusede mishandeling
this abusedeze mishandeling
that abusedie mishandeling
our abuseonze mishandeling
your abusejouw mishandeling
every abuseelke mishandeling
which abuse?welke mishandeling?
a big abuse / the big abuseeen grote mishandeling, de grote mishandeling
the abuse (plural)de mishandelingen, deze mishandelingen

Example sentences with mishandeling

  • Tom was getuige van de mishandeling. “Tom witnessed the assault.”

Dutch words ending in mishandeling

ouderenmishandeling | dierenmishandeling | vrouwenmishandeling | kindermishandeling

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).