De or het wateropossum?

The correct Dutch article is:

de wateropossum

  • Plural: de wateropossums
  • Diminutive: het wateropossumpje
Exception Words ending in -um and -ium usually take het, but wateropossum is an exception. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (buideldieren) Chironectes minimus een Latijns-Amerikaans buideldier uit de familie der buidelratten (Didelphidae). Het is de enige soort in het geslacht Chironectes.

How to use wateropossum

the wateropossumde wateropossum
this wateropossumdeze wateropossum
that wateropossumdie wateropossum
our wateropossumonze wateropossum
your wateropossumjouw wateropossum
every wateropossumelke wateropossum
which wateropossum?welke wateropossum?
a big wateropossum / the big wateropossumeen grote wateropossum, de grote wateropossum
the wateropossum (plural)de wateropossums, deze wateropossums

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