de of het eenrichtingsverkeer?
het eenrichtingsverkeer
one-way traffic
noun · /eːnˈrɪx.tɪŋs.vərˌkeːr/
It is “het eenrichtingsverkeer”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: eenrichtingsverkeer
Forms
- Article
- het eenrichtingsverkeer
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Deze straat heeft eenrichtingsverkeer.
This street has one-way traffic.
Let op: hier is eenrichtingsverkeer.
Pay attention: here is one-way traffic.
Is dit eenrichtingsverkeer of tweerichtingsverkeer?
Is this one-way traffic or two-way traffic?
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 eenrichtingsverkeer” rather than as “eenrichtingsverkeer” 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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