De or het schelf?

The correct Dutch article is:

de schelf

  • English: heap, pile, stack
  • Plural: de schelven
  • Diminutive: het schelfje
Meaning (Dutch) 1. (landbouw) opgestapelde hoop (hooi, stro, vlas...) 2. (verouderd) riet

How to use schelf

the heapde schelf
this heapdeze schelf
that heapdie schelf
our heaponze schelf
your heapjouw schelf
every heapelke schelf
which heap?welke schelf?
a big heap / the big heapeen grote schelf, de grote schelf
the heap (plural)de schelven, deze schelven

Dutch words ending in schelf

hooischelf

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

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