De or het stedeling?

The correct Dutch article is:

de stedeling

  • English: citizen
  • Plural: de stedelingen
  • Diminutive: het stedelingetje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) bewoner van een stad, stadsbewoner

How to use stedeling

the citizende stedeling
this citizendeze stedeling
that citizendie stedeling
our citizenonze stedeling
your citizenjouw stedeling
every citizenelke stedeling
which citizen?welke stedeling?
a big citizen / the big citizeneen grote stedeling, de grote stedeling
the citizen (plural)de stedelingen, deze stedelingen

Example sentences with stedeling

  • Iemand die in de stad woont, wordt een stedeling genoemd. “Someone who lives in the city is called a city dweller.”

Dutch words ending in stedeling

hoofdstedeling | randstedeling

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

Dutch words starting with stedeling

stedelinge

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