de of het bankwezen?
het bankwezen
banking
noun · /ˈbɑŋkˌʋeː.zə(n)/
It is “het bankwezen”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: bankwezen
Forms
- Article
- het bankwezen
- Also means
- banking sector
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het bankwezen speelt een grote rol.
Banking plays a major role.
Mijn broer werkt al jaren in het bankwezen.
My brother has worked in banking for years.
Digitalisering beïnvloedt het bankwezen sterk.
Digitalisation strongly influences banking.
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 bankwezen” rather than as “bankwezen” 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
Stop guessing de and het
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