De or het adem?

The correct Dutch article is:

de adem

  • English: breath
  • Diminutive: het adempje
Meaning (Dutch) (medisch) de lucht die levende wezens in zich opnemen en weer uitdrijven

How to use adem

the breathde adem
this breathdeze adem
that breathdie adem
our breathonze adem
your breathjouw adem
every breathelke adem
which breath?welke adem?
a big breath / the big breatheen grote adem, de grote adem

Example sentences with adem

  • Ze hield haar adem in. “She held her breath.”
  • Tom hield zijn adem in. “Tom held his breath.”
  • Jouw adem stinkt naar knoflook. “Your breath stinks of garlic.”

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