De or het schildersmossel?

The correct Dutch article is:

de schildersmossel

  • English: painter's mussel
  • Plural: de schildersmosselen / schildersmossels
  • Diminutive: het schildersmosseltje
Exception Words ending in -sel usually take het, but schildersmossel is an exception. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (tweekleppigen) Unio pictorum een zoetwatermossel met een lengte tot soms wel 14 cm

How to use schildersmossel

the painter's musselde schildersmossel
this painter's musseldeze schildersmossel
that painter's musseldie schildersmossel
our painter's musselonze schildersmossel
your painter's musseljouw schildersmossel
every painter's musselelke schildersmossel
which painter's mussel?welke schildersmossel?
a big painter's mussel / the big painter's musseleen grote schildersmossel, de grote schildersmossel
the painter's mussel (plural)de schildersmosselen, deze schildersmosselen

Example sentences with schildersmossel

  • Schelpen van de schildersmossel werden vaak door schilders gebruikt om er verf in te bewaren.

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