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het aandeel
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noun · /ˈaːn.deːl/
It is “het aandeel”. The plural is “de aandelen”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: aandeel
Forms
- Article
- het aandeel
- Plural
- de aandelen
- Diminutive
- het aandeeltje
- Also means
- contribution, part, stock
- How common
- among the 10,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Iedereen leverde zijn aandeel bij aan het succes van het project.
Everyone contributed their share to the success of the project.
Elk teamlid had een belangrijk aandeeltje in het behalen van de overwinning.
Each team member had an important part in achieving the victory.
Hij kocht een paar aandelen van een technologiebedrijf.
He bought a few shares of a technology company.
Why this article
No rule predicts it
This one has to be memorised. No spelling pattern marks it as neuter, which is exactly why it is worth learning as “het aandeel” rather than as “aandeel” on its own.
The rules that do work
- • Every plural takes “de”, without exception.
- • Every diminutive ending in -je takes “het”, without exception.
- • Nouns ending in -ing, -heid, -tie, -teit or -schap take “de”.
- • Roughly two thirds of all nouns take “de”, so it is the better guess.
Other nouns whose article has to be memorised
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