De or het alcoholist?

The correct Dutch article is:

de alcoholist

  • English: alcoholic
  • Plural: de alcoholisten
Rule Words ending in -ist: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (medisch) iemand die lijdt onder een verslaving aan ethanol

How to use alcoholist

the alcoholicde alcoholist
this alcoholicdeze alcoholist
that alcoholicdie alcoholist
our alcoholiconze alcoholist
your alcoholicjouw alcoholist
every alcoholicelke alcoholist
which alcoholic?welke alcoholist?
a big alcoholic / the big alcoholiceen grote alcoholist, de grote alcoholist
the alcoholic (plural)de alcoholisten, deze alcoholisten

Example sentences with alcoholist

  • Mijn moeder was een alcoholist. “My mother was an alcoholic.”
  • Hij is alcoholist. “He's an alcoholic.”

Dutch words starting with alcoholist

alcoholiste | alcoholistencontainer

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