De or het schutting?

The correct Dutch article is:

de schutting

  • Plural: de schuttingen
  • Diminutive: het schuttinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) gewoonlijk dichte afscheiding tussen twee tuinen, stukken land, windvang

How to use schutting

the schuttingde schutting
this schuttingdeze schutting
that schuttingdie schutting
our schuttingonze schutting
your schuttingjouw schutting
every schuttingelke schutting
which schutting?welke schutting?
a big schutting / the big schuttingeen grote schutting, de grote schutting
the schutting (plural)de schuttingen, deze schuttingen

Example sentences with schutting

  • De kinderen klauteren over de schutting. “The children clamber over the fence.”
  • Een schutting scheidt de tuin van het pad. “A fence separates the garden from the lane.”
  • Ik praat soms over de schutting met mijn buurman. “I sometimes talk to my neighbor across the fence.”

Dutch words ending in schutting

beschutting | afschutting

In compound words, the last part decides the article. See the rule

Dutch words starting with schutting

schuttingtaal | schuttingwoord

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