De or het vertraging?

The correct Dutch article is:

de vertraging

  • English: delay
  • Plural: de vertragingen
  • Diminutive: het vertraginkje
Rule Words ending in -ing: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) het langzamer gaan

How to use vertraging

the delayde vertraging
this delaydeze vertraging
that delaydie vertraging
our delayonze vertraging
your delayjouw vertraging
every delayelke vertraging
which delay?welke vertraging?
a big delay / the big delayeen grote vertraging, de grote vertraging
the delay (plural)de vertragingen, deze vertragingen

Example sentences with vertraging

  • Verklaart u alstublieft de vertraging. “Please explain the delay.”
  • Wat was de reden voor zijn vertraging? “What was the cause of his delay?”
  • De trein heeft een vertraging van dertig minuten. “The train is 30 minutes late.”

Dutch words ending in vertraging

tijdvertraging | studievertraging | vervolgvertraging | groeivertraging | remvertraging | treinvertraging | conjunctuurvertraging | tijdsvertraging | aankomstvertraging | transmissievertraging

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

Dutch words starting with vertraging

vertragingsactie | vertragingsmechanisme

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