De or het gen?

The correct Dutch article is:

het gen

  • English: gene
  • Plural: de genen
  • Diminutive: het gennetje
Meaning (Dutch) (biologie) drager van informatie van de erfelijke eigenschappen

How to use gen

the genehet gen
this genedit gen
that genedat gen
our geneons gen
your genejouw gen
every geneelk gen
which gene?welk gen?
a big gene / the big geneeen groot gen, het grote gen
the gene (plural)de genen, deze genen

Example sentences with gen

  • We erven onze genen van onze ouders. “We inherit our genes from our parents.”
  • Je hebt goede genen. “You have good genes.”
  • We hebben dezelfde genen. “We have the same genes.”

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