De or het onttrekking?

The correct Dutch article is:

de onttrekking

  • English: extraction
  • Plural: de onttrekkingen
  • Diminutive: het onttrekkinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (scheikunde) het geleidelijk ontnemen van iets

How to use onttrekking

the extractionde onttrekking
this extractiondeze onttrekking
that extractiondie onttrekking
our extractiononze onttrekking
your extractionjouw onttrekking
every extractionelke onttrekking
which extraction?welke onttrekking?
a big extraction / the big extractioneen grote onttrekking, de grote onttrekking
the extraction (plural)de onttrekkingen, deze onttrekkingen

Example sentences with onttrekking

  • De mummificatie in het Oude Egypte was gebaseerd op de onttrekking van vocht door middel van natron.

Dutch words ending in onttrekking

privéonttrekking | wateronttrekking | grondwateronttrekking

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).