De or het verstopping?

The correct Dutch article is:

de verstopping

  • English: constipation, impediment, obstruction
  • Plural: de verstoppingen
  • Diminutive: het verstoppinkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) 1. geen ontlasting kunnen krijgen 2. belemmering van de doorgang

How to use verstopping

the constipationde verstopping
this constipationdeze verstopping
that constipationdie verstopping
our constipationonze verstopping
your constipationjouw verstopping
every constipationelke verstopping
which constipation?welke verstopping?
a big constipation / the big constipationeen grote verstopping, de grote verstopping
the constipation (plural)de verstoppingen, deze verstoppingen

Example sentences with verstopping

  • Ik heb verstopping. “I am constipated.”

Dutch words ending in verstopping

darmverstopping | neusverstopping

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).