De or het mossel?

The correct Dutch article is:

de mossel

  • English: mussel
  • Plural: de mosselen / mossels
  • Diminutive: het mosseltje
Exception Words ending in -sel usually take het, but mossel is an exception. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (tweekleppigen, voeding) Mytilus edulis, een eetbaar tweekleppig schelpdier

How to use mossel

the musselde mossel
this musseldeze mossel
that musseldie mossel
our musselonze mossel
your musseljouw mossel
every musselelke mossel
which mussel?welke mossel?
a big mussel / the big musseleen grote mossel, de grote mossel
the mussel (plural)de mosselen, deze mosselen

Example sentences with mossel

  • Van wie zijn die mosselen? “Whose mussels are these?”
  • Wil je oesters, of heb je liever mosselen? “Would you like to have oysters, or do you prefer mussels?”
  • Wilt u oesters, of hebt u liever mosselen? “Would you like to have oysters, or do you prefer mussels?”

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