De or het sluiting?

The correct Dutch article is:

de sluiting

  • English: closure, shutting, ferrule
  • Plural: de sluitingen
  • Diminutive: het sluitinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) 1. het sluiten 2. middel om meerdere objecten, losse delen of uiteindes samen te sluiten

How to use sluiting

the closurede sluiting
this closuredeze sluiting
that closuredie sluiting
our closureonze sluiting
your closurejouw sluiting
every closureelke sluiting
which closure?welke sluiting?
a big closure / the big closureeen grote sluiting, de grote sluiting
the closure (plural)de sluitingen, deze sluitingen

Example sentences with sluiting

  • De beurs van Shanghai won even voor sluiting 0,4 procent, de Shenzhen composite stond nagenoeg onveranderd. “The Shanghai stock exchange gained 0.4 percent shortly before closing, while the Shenzhen composite remained virtually unchanged.”

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