De or het nakomeling?

The correct Dutch article is:

de nakomeling

  • English: descendant, progeny
  • Plural: de nakomelingen
  • Diminutive: het nakomelingetje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) bloedverwant in neerdalende lijn

How to use nakomeling

the descendantde nakomeling
this descendantdeze nakomeling
that descendantdie nakomeling
our descendantonze nakomeling
your descendantjouw nakomeling
every descendantelke nakomeling
which descendant?welke nakomeling?
a big descendant / the big descendanteen grote nakomeling, de grote nakomeling
the descendant (plural)de nakomelingen, deze nakomelingen

Example sentences with nakomeling

  • Boeken zijn de nakomelingen van iemands brein. “Books are the offspring of someone's brains.”
  • Konijnen hebben veel nakomelingen. “Rabbits have many offspring.”
  • Hoeveel nakomelingen van Julius Caesar denk je dat er nog in leven zijn? “How many descendants of Julius Caesar do you think are still alive?”

Dutch words starting with nakomeling

nakomelingschap

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