De or het taille?

The correct Dutch article is:

de taille

  • English: waist
  • Plural: de tailles
  • Diminutive: het tailletje
Meaning (Dutch) (anatomie) het middelste deel van het lichaam, middel bet. [B]

How to use taille

the waistde taille
this waistdeze taille
that waistdie taille
our waistonze taille
your waistjouw taille
every waistelke taille
which waist?welke taille?
a big waist / the big waisteen grote taille, de grote taille
the waist (plural)de tailles, deze tailles

Example sentences with taille

  • De taille is wat aan de kleine kant. “The waist is a little small.”
  • Gelieve al uw kleren uit te doen vanaf de taille naar beneden. “Please take off all of your clothes from the waist down.”

Dutch words ending in taille

wespentaille

In compound words, the last part decides the article. See the rule

Dutch words starting with taille

tailleband | tailleur | tailleuse | taillering

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