de of het laadperron?
het laadperron
loading-platform
noun
It is “het laadperron”. The plural is “de laadperrons”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: laadperron
Forms
- Article
- het laadperron
- Plural
- de laadperrons
- Diminutive
- het laadperronnetje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
De vrachtwagen rijdt naar het laadperron.
The truck drives to the loading platform.
Zet de pallets op het laadperron.
Put the pallets on the loading platform.
Het laadperron is nu vrij voor gebruik.
The loading platform is now free for use.
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 laadperron” rather than as “laadperron” 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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