De or het illegaal?

The correct Dutch article is:

de illegaal

  • English: illegal immigrant
  • Plural: de illegalen
  • Diminutive: het illegaaltje
Meaning (Dutch) een buitenlander die zonder werk- en verblijfsvergunning in een land verblijft

How to use illegaal

the illegal immigrantde illegaal
this illegal immigrantdeze illegaal
that illegal immigrantdie illegaal
our illegal immigrantonze illegaal
your illegal immigrantjouw illegaal
every illegal immigrantelke illegaal
which illegal immigrant?welke illegaal?
a big illegal immigrant / the big illegal immigranteen grote illegaal, de grote illegaal
the illegal immigrant (plural)de illegalen, deze illegalen

Example sentences with illegaal

  • Stalen vallen zijn illegaal. “Steel traps are illegal.”
  • Je weet wel dat dit illegaal is, toch? “You know this is illegal, don't you?”
  • Niet alleen is het illegaal, het is ook gevaarlijk. “It isn't just illegal, it's also dangerous.”

Dutch words ending in illegaal

oud-illegaal

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

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