De or het keeper?

The correct Dutch article is:

de keeper

  • English: goalkeeper, goalie
  • Plural: de keepers
  • Diminutive: het keepertje
Meaning (Dutch) (sport, beroep) Een doelman, keeper (van het Engelse goalkeeper), doelverdediger, goalie of doelwachter is een speler van een sportploeg die moet voorkomen dat de tegenstander een punt scoort.

How to use keeper

the goalkeeperde keeper
this goalkeeperdeze keeper
that goalkeeperdie keeper
our goalkeeperonze keeper
your goalkeeperjouw keeper
every goalkeeperelke keeper
which goalkeeper?welke keeper?
a big goalkeeper / the big goalkeepereen grote keeper, de grote keeper
the goalkeeper (plural)de keepers, deze keepers

Example sentences with keeper

  • Wie is de keeper? “Who's the goalie?”

Dutch words ending in keeper

oud-keeper | jeugdkeeper | voetbalkeeper | goalkeeper | greenkeeper | barkeeper | hockeykeeper | ijshockeykeeper

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

Dutch words starting with keeper

keepersprobleem | keeperstrainer | keepertraining

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