De or het reling?

The correct Dutch article is:

de reling

  • English: rail
  • Plural: de relingen
  • Diminutive: het relinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) een leuning boven de verschansing die een scheepsdek omgeeft

How to use reling

the railde reling
this raildeze reling
that raildie reling
our railonze reling
your railjouw reling
every railelke reling
which rail?welke reling?
a big rail / the big raileen grote reling, de grote reling
the rail (plural)de relingen, deze relingen

Example sentences with reling

  • De reling verhinderde haar overboord te springen.

Dutch words ending in reling

boreling | warreling | dwarreling | streling | korreling

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).