De or het winkelcentrum?

The correct Dutch article is:

het winkelcentrum

  • English: shopping centre, mall
  • Plural: de winkelcentra / winkelcentrums
  • Diminutive: het winkelcentrumpje
Rule Words ending in -um and -ium: usually het. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) gebied of overdekte galerij waar meerdere winkels en horecazaken zijn gevestigd

How to use winkelcentrum

the shopping centrehet winkelcentrum
this shopping centredit winkelcentrum
that shopping centredat winkelcentrum
our shopping centreons winkelcentrum
your shopping centrejouw winkelcentrum
every shopping centreelk winkelcentrum
which shopping centre?welk winkelcentrum?
a big shopping centre / the big shopping centreeen groot winkelcentrum, het grote winkelcentrum
the shopping centre (plural)de winkelcentra, deze winkelcentra

Example sentences with winkelcentrum

  • Waar is het winkelcentrum? “Where's the shopping center?”
  • Het winkelcentrum wordt gesloopt. “The shopping center will be demolished.”
  • Het winkelcentrum is open. “The mall is open.”

Dutch words ending in winkelcentrum

wijkwinkelcentrum | buurtwinkelcentrum

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

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