De or het echel?

The correct Dutch article is:

de echel

  • Plural: de echels
  • Diminutive: het echeltje
Meaning (Dutch) 1. Hirudo verbana bloedzuiger 2. (figuurlijk) uitbuiter

How to use echel

the echelde echel
this echeldeze echel
that echeldie echel
our echelonze echel
your echeljouw echel
every echelelke echel
which echel?welke echel?
a big echel / the big echeleen grote echel, de grote echel
the echel (plural)de echels, deze echels

Dutch words ending in echel

giechel | gegiechel

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

Dutch words starting with echel

echelle | echelon

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