De or het schoonmoeder?

The correct Dutch article is:

de schoonmoeder

  • English: mother-in-law
  • Plural: de schoonmoeders
  • Diminutive: het schoonmoedertje
Meaning (Dutch) (familie) de moeder van de huwelijkspartner

How to use schoonmoeder

the mother-in-lawde schoonmoeder
this mother-in-lawdeze schoonmoeder
that mother-in-lawdie schoonmoeder
our mother-in-lawonze schoonmoeder
your mother-in-lawjouw schoonmoeder
every mother-in-lawelke schoonmoeder
which mother-in-law?welke schoonmoeder?
a big mother-in-law / the big mother-in-laween grote schoonmoeder, de grote schoonmoeder
the mother-in-law (plural)de schoonmoeders, deze schoonmoeders

Example sentences with schoonmoeder

  • Ik haat mijn schoonmoeder. “I hate my mother-in-law.”
  • Mijn schoonmoeder glimlacht nooit. “My mother-in-law never smiles.”
  • Ze haat haar schoonmoeder. “She hates her mother-in-law.”

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