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De or het beveiliging?

de beveiliging

protection, security

/bəˈvɛi̯ləɣɪŋ/

Forms

Singular
de beveiliging
Plural
de beveiligingen
Diminutive
het beveiligingetje

Why de?

  • Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de beveiligingen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het beveiligingetje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. protection, security

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