Words ending in -ing: de or het?
almost always de
Words ending in -ing almost always take de: de woning (home), de vergadering (meeting), de regering (government).
In our database, 30,314 of the 30,386 words (99.8%) with this ending take de.
Examples
afdeling | opleiding | bestelling | halvering | onbewoonbaarheidsverklaring | verzuiling | verdieping | vergadering | uitnodiging | planning | verdeling | verklaring | bankrekening | omgeving | betaling
Exceptions
curling | karting | nanking | hebbeding | prutsding | beding | peking | veegding | mannending | strafbeding | boetebeding | aansprakelijkheidsbeding