De or het cake?

The correct Dutch article is:

de cake

  • English: cake
  • Plural: de cakes
  • Diminutive: het cakeje
Meaning (Dutch) (voeding) lichte, zachte koek gemaakt van een beslag van bloem, boter, eieren en suiker, in gelijke hoeveelheden, met een rijsmiddel

How to use cake

the cakede cake
this cakedeze cake
that cakedie cake
our cakeonze cake
your cakejouw cake
every cakeelke cake
which cake?welke cake?
a big cake / the big cakeeen grote cake, de grote cake
the cake (plural)de cakes, deze cakes

Example sentences with cake

  • De cake smaakt zoet. “The cake tastes sweet.”
  • Deze cake is verrukkelijk. “This cake is delicious.”
  • Mag ik deze cake eten? “May I eat that cake?”

Dutch words ending in cake

fantacake | kruidcake | spacecake | chocoladecake | cheesecake | hasjcake | appelcake | jamcake | pancake | uiencake | citroencake | kersencake | cupcake | aardappelcupcake | trechtercake

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

Dutch words starting with cake

cakebeslag | cakeblik | cakemeel | cakevorm | cakewalk

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