Die betalingsreëling is gereed.

Die is the Afrikaans definite article, so here it means the.

A useful point for English speakers: Afrikaans does not change the definite article for gender or number. So die can mean:

• the payment arrangement
• the payment arrangements
• the man / the woman / the child

You do not need to learn separate forms like the / der / die / das in German.

Afrikaans, like Dutch and German, very often forms compound nouns as one word.

So betalingsreëling is made up of:

• betaling = payment
• reëling = arrangement, plan, arrangement/organizing
• the -s- in the middle is a linking sound often used in compounds

So the whole word means something like:

• payment arrangement
• payment plan
• payment agreement

depending on context.

English usually writes this as two words, but Afrikaans commonly joins them into one.

The -s- is a linking element inside the compound. It does not usually need to be translated on its own.

So:

• betaling = payment
• betalings- = payment-related / of payment
• reëling = arrangement

This kind of linking -s- is very common in Afrikaans compounds. English learners often want to assign it a separate meaning, but usually it is just part of how the compound is formed.

The two dots are called a diaeresis. In Afrikaans, they show that the vowels must be pronounced in separate syllables, not blended together.

So reëling is pronounced roughly as:

• re-uh-ling
  not like one single vowel sound.

Without the dots, a learner might try to read reë as one unit, but Afrikaans wants you to separate the vowels.

A rough English-friendly breakdown is:

be-TAH-ling-s re-uh-ling

More carefully by syllables:

• be
• ta
• lings
• re
• ë
• ling

The stress is usually strongest around TA in betaling.

You do not need a perfect English equivalent, but the important thing is:

• keep betalings flowing as one part
• pronounce reëling with the e and ë separated

Is is the present tense of wees (to be), just like English is in The payment arrangement is ready.

In this sentence:

• Die betalingsreëling = the payment arrangement
• is = is
• gereed = ready

A nice feature of Afrikaans is that verbs usually do not change as much as in English. With is, the form stays the same.

Yes. This sentence uses the very common basic word order:

Subject + verb + complement

So:

• Die betalingsreëling = subject
• is = verb
• gereed = complement/adjective

It matches English very closely:

The payment arrangement is ready.

That makes this sentence quite straightforward for English speakers.

Gereed means ready, prepared, or finished and available for use, depending on context.

In this sentence, it most naturally means:

• ready
• prepared
• set up

So Die betalingsreëling is gereed suggests that the payment arrangement has been prepared and is now ready.

Yes. Even if the general meaning is clear, the best English translation can vary a bit depending on the situation.

Possible translations include:

• payment arrangement
• payment plan
• payment agreement

For example:

• in a banking or debt context, payment arrangement or payment plan may sound best
• in a legal or formal agreement context, payment agreement may fit better

So the Afrikaans word is fixed, but the most natural English wording may shift with context.

You would usually make betalingsreëling plural as betalingsreëlings.

So:

• Die betalingsreëling is gereed. = The payment arrangement is ready.
• Die betalingsreëlings is gereed. = The payment arrangements are ready.

Notice something important: Afrikaans still uses is here. Unlike English, the verb does not change to are.

No, not in the way English learners may expect from languages like German or French.

Afrikaans does not use grammatical gender for articles like:

• masculine
• feminine
• neuter

That is why die stays the same. You do not need to memorize a gender for betalingsreëling in order to choose the article.