De or het overlevering?

The correct Dutch article is:

de overlevering

  • English: lore, legend, oral tradition
  • Plural: de overleveringen
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) een mondeling of schriftelijk vertelde doorgave van geschiedkundige, maatschappelijke of religieuze verhalen over gebeurtenissen, situaties of personen …

How to use overlevering

the lorede overlevering
this loredeze overlevering
that loredie overlevering
our loreonze overlevering
your lorejouw overlevering
every loreelke overlevering
which lore?welke overlevering?
a big lore / the big loreeen grote overlevering, de grote overlevering
the lore (plural)de overleveringen, deze overleveringen

Example sentences with overlevering

  • Volgens de overlevering was Homerus blind. “According to the tradition, Homer was blind.”

Dutch words ending in overlevering

volksoverlevering

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).