De or het vergeving?

The correct Dutch article is:

de vergeving

  • English: forgiveness
  • Plural: de vergevingen
  • Diminutive: het vergevinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) het iemand niet kwalijk nemen van iets

How to use vergeving

the forgivenessde vergeving
this forgivenessdeze vergeving
that forgivenessdie vergeving
our forgivenessonze vergeving
your forgivenessjouw vergeving
every forgivenesselke vergeving
which forgiveness?welke vergeving?
a big forgiveness / the big forgivenesseen grote vergeving, de grote vergeving
the forgiveness (plural)de vergevingen, deze vergevingen

Example sentences with vergeving

  • Tom vroeg God om vergeving. “Tom asked God for forgiveness.”
  • De eerste fout verdient vergeving. “The first error deserves forgiveness.”

Dutch words ending in vergeving

schuldvergeving | zondevergeving

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

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