De or het potvis?

The correct Dutch article is:

de potvis

  • English: sperm whale
  • Plural: de potvissen
  • Diminutive: het potvisje
Meaning (Dutch) (walvisachtigen) bepaald soort zeezoogdier, Physeter macrocephalus uit de familie der potvissen (Physeteridae) …

How to use potvis

the sperm whalede potvis
this sperm whaledeze potvis
that sperm whaledie potvis
our sperm whaleonze potvis
your sperm whalejouw potvis
every sperm whaleelke potvis
which sperm whale?welke potvis?
a big sperm whale / the big sperm whaleeen grote potvis, de grote potvis
the sperm whale (plural)de potvissen, deze potvissen

Dutch words ending in potvis

dwergpotvis

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

Dutch words starting with potvis

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