De or het hoop?

The correct Dutch article is:

de hoop

  • English: heap, pile, stack
  • Plural: de hopen
  • Diminutive: het hoopje
Meaning (Dutch) 1. stapel 2. een grote hoeveelheid

How to use hoop

the heapde hoop
this heapdeze hoop
that heapdie hoop
our heaponze hoop
your heapjouw hoop
every heapelke hoop
which heap?welke hoop?
a big heap / the big heapeen grote hoop, de grote hoop
the heap (plural)de hopen, deze hopen

Example sentences with hoop

  • Zijn hoop werd verbrijzeld. “His hopes were shattered.”
  • Verlies nooit de hoop. “Never lose hope.”
  • U verloor de hoop. “You lost hope.”

Dutch words ending in hoop

zandhoop | aardhoop | garfhoop | broeihoop | hooihoop | afvalhoop | bolhoop | wanhoop | steenhoop | huzarenhoop | mierenhoop | sterrenhoop | puinhoop | warhoop | ashoop | vuilnishoop | molshoop | stronthoop | schroothoop | mesthoop | composthoop | sneeuwhoop | rouwhoop | drekhoop

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

Dutch words starting with hoop

hooploper

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