de of het cv?
het cv
curriculum vitae
noun · /seːˈveː/
It is “het cv”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: cv
Forms
- Article
- het cv
- How common
- among the 10,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Stuur je cv mee.
Please include your CV.
Ik moet mijn cv bijwerken.
I need to update my CV.
Heb je een recent cv?
Do you have a recent CV?
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 cv” rather than as “cv” 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
Woordje has a practice mode for exactly this: it shows a noun and asks for the article, and keeps asking until you stop getting it wrong.