De or het roet?

The correct Dutch article is:

het roet

  • English: soot
  • Diminutive: het roetje
Meaning (Dutch) koolstofneerslag die ontstaat door onvolledige verbanding van koolstofhoudende stoffen

How to use roet

the soothet roet
this sootdit roet
that sootdat roet
our sootons roet
your sootjouw roet
every sootelk roet
which soot?welk roet?
a big soot / the big sooteen groot roet, het grote roet

Example sentences with roet

  • Sneeuw is wit, roet is zwart. “Snow is white, soot is black.”
  • Sneeuw is wit, maar roet is zwart. “Snow is white, but soot is black.”

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