De or het versteviging?

The correct Dutch article is:

de versteviging

  • English: fortification, reinforcement, consolidation
  • Plural: de verstevigingen
  • Diminutive: het verstevigingetje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) het sterker maken van iets; het steviger maken van iets

How to use versteviging

the fortificationde versteviging
this fortificationdeze versteviging
that fortificationdie versteviging
our fortificationonze versteviging
your fortificationjouw versteviging
every fortificationelke versteviging
which fortification?welke versteviging?
a big fortification / the big fortificationeen grote versteviging, de grote versteviging
the fortification (plural)de verstevigingen, deze verstevigingen

Example sentences with versteviging

  • De stalen kolommen worden meestal bedekt met beton ter versteviging. “The steel columns tend to be covered by concrete for reinforcement.”

Dutch words ending in versteviging

kustversteviging

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).