De or het optimist?

The correct Dutch article is:

de optimist

  • English: optimist
  • Plural: de optimisten
  • Diminutive: het optimistje
Rule Words ending in -ist: almost always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (psychologie) iemand die alles van de positieve kant beschouwt

How to use optimist

the optimistde optimist
this optimistdeze optimist
that optimistdie optimist
our optimistonze optimist
your optimistjouw optimist
every optimistelke optimist
which optimist?welke optimist?
a big optimist / the big optimisteen grote optimist, de grote optimist
the optimist (plural)de optimisten, deze optimisten

Example sentences with optimist

  • Helen is van nature een optimist. “Helen is by nature an optimist.”
  • Ondanks alle tegenslagen blijft hij een optimist. “Despite all his setbacks, he remains an optimist.”
  • We zijn optimisten. “We're optimists.”

Dutch words ending in optimist

rasoptimist | aartsoptimist

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

Dutch words starting with optimist

optimiste

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