De or het meid?

The correct Dutch article is:

de meid

  • English: girl, lass, maid
  • Plural: de meiden
  • Diminutive: het meidje
Meaning (Dutch) 1. (informeel) jonge vrouw 2. (verouderd) werkster, dienstmeisje

How to use meid

the girlde meid
this girldeze meid
that girldie meid
our girlonze meid
your girljouw meid
every girlelke meid
which girl?welke meid?
a big girl / the big girleen grote meid, de grote meid
the girl (plural)de meiden, deze meiden

Example sentences with meid

  • Die meiden zijn aangekomen. “Those girls arrived.”
  • De meiden gingen winkelen. “The girls went shopping.”
  • Deze meid is mijn vriendin. “This girl is my girlfriend.”

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