de of het bubbelbad?
het bubbelbad
whirlpool
noun · /ˈbʏ.bəlˌbɑt/
It is “het bubbelbad”. The plural is “de bubbelbaden”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: bubbelbad
Forms
- Article
- het bubbelbad
- Plural
- de bubbelbaden
- Diminutive
- het bubbelbadje
- Also means
- hot tub
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
De hotelkamer heeft een bubbelbad.
The hotel room has a hot tub.
Zij zit nu in het bubbelbad.
She is in the hot tub now.
Is het bubbelbad al warm genoeg?
Is the hot tub warm enough yet?
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 bubbelbad” rather than as “bubbelbad” 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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