De or het sjekel?

The correct Dutch article is:

de sjekel

  • English: shekel, sheqel, sicle
  • Plural: de sjekaliem / sjekels
Meaning (Dutch) 1. (Jiddisch-Hebreeuws, eenheid) gewichtsmaat, waarschijnlijk vaak ruim elf gram; een sjekel is een vijftigste mine en twintig gera (88×: Gen. 23:15 +, Ex. 21:32 +, Lev. 5:15 +, Num. 3:47 +, Num. 2. (Jiddisch-Hebreeuws, eenheid) gewichtseenheid en munt in de tijd van Misjna en Talmoed

How to use sjekel

the shekelde sjekel
this shekeldeze sjekel
that shekeldie sjekel
our shekelonze sjekel
your shekeljouw sjekel
every shekelelke sjekel
which shekel?welke sjekel?
a big shekel / the big shekeleen grote sjekel, de grote sjekel
the shekel (plural)de sjekaliem, deze sjekaliem

Example sentences with sjekel

  • Heb je een sjekel? “Do you have a shekel?”
  • Heeft u een sjekel? “Do you have a shekel?”
  • Ik heb 100 sjekel nodig. “I need 100 shekels.”

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