De or het epicentrum?

The correct Dutch article is:

het epicentrum

  • English: epicenter
  • Plural: de epicentra / epicentrums
Rule Words ending in -um and -ium: usually het. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (seismologie) het punt op het aardoppervlak loodrecht boven de haard van de aardbeving

How to use epicentrum

the epicenterhet epicentrum
this epicenterdit epicentrum
that epicenterdat epicentrum
our epicenterons epicentrum
your epicenterjouw epicentrum
every epicenterelk epicentrum
which epicenter?welk epicentrum?
a big epicenter / the big epicentereen groot epicentrum, het grote epicentrum
the epicenter (plural)de epicentra, deze epicentra

Example sentences with epicentrum

  • Wuhan is het epicentrum van de coronavirusepidemie. “Wuhan is the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic.”

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