de of het inbegrip?
het inbegrip
inclusion
noun
It is “het inbegrip”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: inbegrip
Forms
- Article
- het inbegrip
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het inbegrip van diversiteit is belangrijk.
The inclusion of diversity is important.
Alle kosten, met inbegrip van btw, zijn vermeld.
All costs, including VAT, are listed.
Zijn voorstel leidde tot het inbegrip van jongeren.
His proposal led to the inclusion of young people.
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 inbegrip” rather than as “inbegrip” 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.