De or het verslechtering?

The correct Dutch article is:

de verslechtering

  • English: worsening, detoriation
  • Plural: de verslechteringen
  • Diminutive: het verslechteringetje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) het slechter worden

How to use verslechtering

the worseningde verslechtering
this worseningdeze verslechtering
that worseningdie verslechtering
our worseningonze verslechtering
your worseningjouw verslechtering
every worseningelke verslechtering
which worsening?welke verslechtering?
a big worsening / the big worseningeen grote verslechtering, de grote verslechtering
the worsening (plural)de verslechteringen, deze verslechteringen

Dutch words ending in verslechtering

bodemverslechtering

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

Dutch words starting with verslechtering

verslechteringsverbod

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