De or het mesttor?

The correct Dutch article is:

de mesttor

  • English: dor beetle, dung beetle
  • Plural: de mesttorren
  • Diminutive: het mesttorretje
Meaning (Dutch) (kevers) Geotrupes stercorarius insect dat leeft van paarden- en koeienmest

How to use mesttor

the dor beetlede mesttor
this dor beetledeze mesttor
that dor beetledie mesttor
our dor beetleonze mesttor
your dor beetlejouw mesttor
every dor beetleelke mesttor
which dor beetle?welke mesttor?
a big dor beetle / the big dor beetleeen grote mesttor, de grote mesttor
the dor beetle (plural)de mesttorren, deze mesttorren

Dutch words ending in mesttor

stranddwergmesttor

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

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