De or het doofpot?

The correct Dutch article is:

de doofpot

  • English: cover-up
  • Plural: de doofpotten
  • Diminutive: het doofpotje
Meaning (Dutch) pot waarin men in vroeger tijden turven of kolen doofde

How to use doofpot

the cover-upde doofpot
this cover-updeze doofpot
that cover-updie doofpot
our cover-uponze doofpot
your cover-upjouw doofpot
every cover-upelke doofpot
which cover-up?welke doofpot?
a big cover-up / the big cover-upeen grote doofpot, de grote doofpot
the cover-up (plural)de doofpotten, deze doofpotten

Example sentences with doofpot

  • Maria probeerde het schandaal in de doofpot te stoppen. “Marie tried to cover up the scandal.”

Dutch words starting with doofpot

doofpotaffaire | doofpotbeleid | doofpotoperatie | doofpotpolitiek

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