De or het lawine?

The correct Dutch article is:

de lawine

  • English: avalanche
  • Plural: de lawines
  • Diminutive: het lawinetje
Meaning (Dutch) een sneeuwverschuiving op een berghelling

How to use lawine

the avalanchede lawine
this avalanchedeze lawine
that avalanchedie lawine
our avalancheonze lawine
your avalanchejouw lawine
every avalancheelke lawine
which avalanche?welke lawine?
a big avalanche / the big avalancheeen grote lawine, de grote lawine
the avalanche (plural)de lawines, deze lawines

Example sentences with lawine

  • Hij is omgekomen in de lawine. “He was killed in the avalanche.”
  • Tom is omgekomen in de lawine. “Tom was killed in the avalanche.”
  • Een kleine sneeuwbal is in staat om een lawine starten. “A small snowball is capable of starting an avalanche.”

Dutch words ending in lawine

steenlawine | rotslawine | sneeuwlawine

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

Dutch words starting with lawine

lawineairbag | lawinediode | lawinegevaar | lawinerugzak | lawinewering

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