de of het huiszoekingsbevel?
het huiszoekingsbevel
search warrant
noun · /ˈɦœy̯.su.kɪŋs.bəˌvɛl/
It is “het huiszoekingsbevel”. The plural is “de huiszoekingsbevelen”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: huiszoekingsbevel
Forms
- Article
- het huiszoekingsbevel
- Plural
- de huiszoekingsbevelen
- Diminutive
- het huiszoekingsbevelletje
- How common
- among the 10,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
De politie had een huiszoekingsbevel nodig.
The police needed a search warrant.
Ze toonden het huiszoekingsbevel aan de bewoner.
They showed the search warrant to the resident.
Hebben jullie een huiszoekingsbevel?
Do you have a search warrant?
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 huiszoekingsbevel” rather than as “huiszoekingsbevel” 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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