De or het terugtrekking?

The correct Dutch article is:

de terugtrekking

  • English: retreat
  • Plural: de terugtrekkingen
  • Diminutive: het terugtrekkinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) het terugtrekken

How to use terugtrekking

the retreatde terugtrekking
this retreatdeze terugtrekking
that retreatdie terugtrekking
our retreatonze terugtrekking
your retreatjouw terugtrekking
every retreatelke terugtrekking
which retreat?welke terugtrekking?
a big retreat / the big retreateen grote terugtrekking, de grote terugtrekking
the retreat (plural)de terugtrekkingen, deze terugtrekkingen

Dutch words ending in terugtrekking

troepenterugtrekking

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

Dutch words starting with terugtrekking

terugtrekkingsakkoord

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