de of het kasboek?
het kasboek
cashbook
noun · /ˈkɑs.buk/
It is “het kasboek”. The plural is “de kasboeken”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: kasboek
Forms
- Article
- het kasboek
- Plural
- de kasboeken
- Diminutive
- het kasboekje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Ik schrijf de uitgaven in het kasboek.
I write the expenses in the cashbook.
Het kasboek moet dagelijks bijgewerkt worden.
The cashbook must be updated daily.
Het kasboek ligt op mijn bureau.
The cashbook is on my desk.
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 kasboek” rather than as “kasboek” 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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