De or het overstroming?

The correct Dutch article is:

de overstroming

  • English: flood, flooding, inundation
  • Plural: de overstromingen
  • Diminutive: het overstrominkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) het binnenlopen van water in doorgaans droog gebied

How to use overstroming

the floodde overstroming
this flooddeze overstroming
that flooddie overstroming
our floodonze overstroming
your floodjouw overstroming
every floodelke overstroming
which flood?welke overstroming?
a big flood / the big floodeen grote overstroming, de grote overstroming
the flood (plural)de overstromingen, deze overstromingen

Example sentences with overstroming

  • We hadden een overstroming. “We had a flood.”
  • De brug was weggespoeld door de overstroming. “The bridge was washed away by the flood.”
  • Meerdere huizen zijn geïsoleerd door de overstroming. “Several cottages have been isolated by the flood water.”

Dutch words starting with overstroming

overstromingsgebied

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