De or het schoenveter?

The correct Dutch article is:

de schoenveter

  • English: shoelace, bootlace, shoestring
  • Plural: de schoenveters
  • Diminutive: het schoenvetertje
Meaning (Dutch) (schoeisel) veter om een schoen of laars dicht te rijgen

How to use schoenveter

the shoelacede schoenveter
this shoelacedeze schoenveter
that shoelacedie schoenveter
our shoelaceonze schoenveter
your shoelacejouw schoenveter
every shoelaceelke schoenveter
which shoelace?welke schoenveter?
a big shoelace / the big shoelaceeen grote schoenveter, de grote schoenveter
the shoelace (plural)de schoenveters, deze schoenveters

Example sentences with schoenveter

  • Mijn schoenveters schoten los. “My shoelaces came undone.”
  • Mijn schoenveter kwam vast te zitten in de roltrap. “My shoelace got caught in the escalator.”
  • Tom heeft nieuwe schoenveters gekocht. “Tom bought new laces for his shoes.”

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