De or het tumor?

The correct Dutch article is:

de tumor

  • English: tumour, tumor
  • Plural: de tumoren / tumors
  • Diminutive: het tumortje
Meaning (Dutch) (medisch) een gezwel

How to use tumor

the tumourde tumor
this tumourdeze tumor
that tumourdie tumor
our tumouronze tumor
your tumourjouw tumor
every tumourelke tumor
which tumour?welke tumor?
a big tumour / the big tumoureen grote tumor, de grote tumor
the tumour (plural)de tumoren, deze tumoren

Example sentences with tumor

  • Een tumor van de hypofyse kan hypopituïtarisme veroorzaken. “A tumor of the hypophysis can cause hypopituitarism.”
  • De tumor groeit. “The tumor is growing in size.”
  • Tom heeft een goedaardige tumor in zijn linkerlong. “Tom has a benign tumor in his left lung.”

Dutch words ending in tumor

hersentumor | pseudotumor | borsttumor

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

Dutch words starting with tumor

tumorcel | tumorgalzwam | tumoruitzaaiing | tumorweefsel | tumormassa | tumorvorming

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