De or het locomotief?

The correct Dutch article is:

de locomotief

  • English: locomotive
  • Plural: de locomotieven
  • Diminutive: het locomotiefje
Meaning (Dutch) (spoorwegen, verkeer) een zwaar railvoertuig dat bedoeld is om treinen te trekken

How to use locomotief

the locomotivede locomotief
this locomotivedeze locomotief
that locomotivedie locomotief
our locomotiveonze locomotief
your locomotivejouw locomotief
every locomotiveelke locomotief
which locomotive?welke locomotief?
a big locomotive / the big locomotiveeen grote locomotief, de grote locomotief
the locomotive (plural)de locomotieven, deze locomotieven

Example sentences with locomotief

  • De locomotief moet nog aangekoppeld worden.

Dutch words ending in locomotief

diesellocomotief | stoomlocomotief

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

Dutch words starting with locomotief

locomotiefje

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