De or het cocktail?

The correct Dutch article is:

de cocktail

  • English: cocktail
  • Plural: de cocktails
  • Diminutive: het cocktailtje
Meaning (Dutch) 1. (drinken) drankje bestaande uit gemixte, veelal alcoholische dranken 2. (figuurlijk) mengsel in het algemeen; combinatie van veelal abstracte zaken

How to use cocktail

the cocktailde cocktail
this cocktaildeze cocktail
that cocktaildie cocktail
our cocktailonze cocktail
your cocktailjouw cocktail
every cocktailelke cocktail
which cocktail?welke cocktail?
a big cocktail / the big cocktaileen grote cocktail, de grote cocktail
the cocktail (plural)de cocktails, deze cocktails

Example sentences with cocktail

  • Je kunt de cocktail versieren met een kers of met ananas. “You can decorate the cocktail with a cherry or a pineapple.”

Dutch words ending in cocktail

garnalencocktail | gelukscocktail | molotovcocktail

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

Dutch words starting with cocktail

cocktailbar | cocktaileffect | cocktailglas | cocktailjapon | cocktailjurk | cocktailparty | cocktailpartyeffect | cocktailpartyhouding | cocktailpartyprobleem | cocktailprikker | cocktailsaus | cocktailshaker | cocktailavond

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