De or het wijl?

The correct Dutch article is:

de wijl

  • Plural: de wijlen
  • Diminutive: het wijltje
Meaning (Dutch) een poosje

How to use wijl

the wijlde wijl
this wijldeze wijl
that wijldie wijl
our wijlonze wijl
your wijljouw wijl
every wijlelke wijl
which wijl?welke wijl?
a big wijl / the big wijleen grote wijl, de grote wijl
the wijl (plural)de wijlen, deze wijlen

Example sentences with wijl

  • Wijlen haar echtgenoot was violist. “Her late husband was a violinist.”

Dutch words ending in wijl

kortswijl

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

Dutch words starting with wijl

wijle

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