De or het compliment?

The correct Dutch article is:

het compliment

  • English: compliment
  • Plural: de complimenten
  • Diminutive: het complimentje
Rule Words ending in -ment: usually het. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) een lovende of vleiende opmerking

How to use compliment

the complimenthet compliment
this complimentdit compliment
that complimentdat compliment
our complimentons compliment
your complimentjouw compliment
every complimentelk compliment
which compliment?welk compliment?
a big compliment / the big complimenteen groot compliment, het grote compliment
the compliment (plural)de complimenten, deze complimenten

Example sentences with compliment

  • Ik waardeer het compliment. “I appreciate the compliment.”
  • Is dat een compliment? “Is that a compliment?”
  • Hij gaf mij een compliment. “He paid me a compliment.”

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