De or het schoonvader?

The correct Dutch article is:

de schoonvader

  • English: father-in-law
  • Plural: de schoonvaders
  • Diminutive: het schoonvadertje
Meaning (Dutch) (familie) de vader van de huwelijkspartner

How to use schoonvader

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

Example sentences with schoonvader

  • Mijn schoonvader is een advocaat. “My father-in-law is a lawyer.”
  • Tom is de schoonvader van Mary. “Tom is Mary's father-in-law.”
  • Ik kan goed overweg met mijn schoonvader. “I get along with my father-in-law.”

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