De or het verkwisting?

The correct Dutch article is:

de verkwisting

  • English: waste
  • Plural: de verkwistingen
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) het verkwisten

How to use verkwisting

the wastede verkwisting
this wastedeze verkwisting
that wastedie verkwisting
our wasteonze verkwisting
your wastejouw verkwisting
every wasteelke verkwisting
which waste?welke verkwisting?
a big waste / the big wasteeen grote verkwisting, de grote verkwisting
the waste (plural)de verkwistingen, deze verkwistingen

Dutch words ending in verkwisting

geldverkwisting

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).