De or het tortel?

The correct Dutch article is:

de tortel

  • English: turtle-dove
  • Plural: de tortels
  • Diminutive: het torteltje
Meaning (Dutch) tortelduif

How to use tortel

the turtle-dovede tortel
this turtle-dovedeze tortel
that turtle-dovedie tortel
our turtle-doveonze tortel
your turtle-dovejouw tortel
every turtle-doveelke tortel
which turtle-dove?welke tortel?
a big turtle-dove / the big turtle-doveeen grote tortel, de grote tortel
the turtle-dove (plural)de tortels, deze tortels

Dutch words ending in tortel

adamawatortel | roodoogtortel | izabeltortel | kaneeltortel | witvleugeltortel | palmtortel | wijntortel | madagaskartortel | zomertortel | treurtortel | parelhalstortel | rouwtortel

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

Dutch words starting with tortel

tortelduif | tortelkoekoeksduif | tortellini

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