De or het petroleum?

The correct Dutch article is:

de petroleum

  • English: paraffin-oil, petroleum
Exception Words ending in -um and -ium usually take het, but petroleum is an exception. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) 1. een olieproduct voor verlichting en verwarming 2. aardolie.

How to use petroleum

the paraffin-oilde petroleum
this paraffin-oildeze petroleum
that paraffin-oildie petroleum
our paraffin-oilonze petroleum
your paraffin-oiljouw petroleum
every paraffin-oilelke petroleum
which paraffin-oil?welke petroleum?
a big paraffin-oil / the big paraffin-oileen grote petroleum, de grote petroleum

Example sentences with petroleum

  • Amerika heeft petroleum in overvloed. “America abounds in oil.”

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