De or het cantate?

The correct Dutch article is:

de cantate

  • English: cantata
  • Plural: de cantaten / cantates
  • Diminutive: het cantatetje
Rule Words ending in -te: usually de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) 1. (muziek) een muzikale compositie voor een of meer zangers, begeleid door instrumenten 2. (religie) vroegere benaming van de vierde zondag na Pasen

How to use cantate

the cantatade cantate
this cantatadeze cantate
that cantatadie cantate
our cantataonze cantate
your cantatajouw cantate
every cantataelke cantate
which cantata?welke cantate?
a big cantata / the big cantataeen grote cantate, de grote cantate
the cantata (plural)de cantaten, deze cantaten

Dutch words ending in cantate

kerstcantate

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

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