De or het inch?

The correct Dutch article is:

de / het inch

Both are correct: You can say both de inch and het inch.

  • Plural: de inches
Rule Words with both de and het. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (eenheid) Engelse duim, lengtemaat van 2,54 cm

How to use inch

the inchde / het inch
this inchdeze / dit inch
that inchdie / dat inch
our inchonze / ons inch
your inchjouw inch
every inchelke / elk inch
which inch?welke / welk inch?
a big inch / the big incheen grote / een groot inch, de grote / het grote inch
the inch (plural)de inches, deze inches

Example sentences with inch

  • Ik kan geen inch bewegen. “I can't move an inch.”
  • Tom is drie inch korter dan Mary. “Tom is three inches shorter than Mary.”
  • Ik wil een televisie van tweeëndertig inch kopen. “I want to buy a 32-inch TV screen.”

Dutch words ending in inch

winch

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

Dutch words starting with inch

incheckbalie | incheckpaal | inchoatief

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