De or het ontbering?

The correct Dutch article is:

de ontbering

  • English: hardship, privation
  • Plural: de ontberingen
  • Diminutive: het ontberinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) ɡebrek aan dinɡen die noodzakelijk zijn om voort te kunnen leven

How to use ontbering

the hardshipde ontbering
this hardshipdeze ontbering
that hardshipdie ontbering
our hardshiponze ontbering
your hardshipjouw ontbering
every hardshipelke ontbering
which hardship?welke ontbering?
a big hardship / the big hardshipeen grote ontbering, de grote ontbering
the hardship (plural)de ontberingen, deze ontberingen

Example sentences with ontbering

  • Tijdens de oorlog doorstonden de mensen vele ontberingen. “During the war, people went through many hardships.”

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