De or het ontploffing?

The correct Dutch article is:

de ontploffing

  • English: explosion
  • Plural: de ontploffingen
  • Diminutive: het ontploffinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) explosie

How to use ontploffing

the explosionde ontploffing
this explosiondeze ontploffing
that explosiondie ontploffing
our explosiononze ontploffing
your explosionjouw ontploffing
every explosionelke ontploffing
which explosion?welke ontploffing?
a big explosion / the big explosioneen grote ontploffing, de grote ontploffing
the explosion (plural)de ontploffingen, deze ontploffingen

Example sentences with ontploffing

  • Er is een ontploffing gebeurd. “There was an explosion.”
  • Door de ontploffing zijn er drie mensen omgekomen. “Three people were killed in the explosion.”
  • Ik hoorde ontploffingen. “I heard explosions.”

Dutch words ending in ontploffing

bomontploffing | atoomontploffing | gasontploffing

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).