De or het schoolkind?

The correct Dutch article is:

het schoolkind

  • English: schoolchild
  • Plural: de schoolkinderen
  • Diminutive: het schoolkindje
Meaning (Dutch) (onderwijs) kind dat naar school gaat

How to use schoolkind

the schoolchildhet schoolkind
this schoolchilddit schoolkind
that schoolchilddat schoolkind
our schoolchildons schoolkind
your schoolchildjouw schoolkind
every schoolchildelk schoolkind
which schoolchild?welk schoolkind?
a big schoolchild / the big schoolchildeen groot schoolkind, het grote schoolkind
the schoolchild (plural)de schoolkinderen, deze schoolkinderen

Example sentences with schoolkind

  • Toen waren ze schoolkinderen. “They were schoolchildren then.”
  • Ze waren toen schoolkinderen. “They were schoolchildren then.”
  • Zij waren schoolkinderen in die tijd. “They were school children then.”

Dutch words ending in schoolkind

kleuterschoolkind | basisschoolkind

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).