de of het lamsvlees?
het lamsvlees
lamb meat
noun · /ˈlɑms.fleːs/
It is “het lamsvlees”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: lamsvlees
Forms
- Article
- het lamsvlees
- Diminutive
- het lamsvleesje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Ik eet graag lamsvlees.
I like to eat lamb.
Hebben jullie ook lamsvlees?
Do you also have lamb?
Dit gerecht is met heerlijk lamsvlees.
This dish is with delicious lamb.
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 lamsvlees” rather than as “lamsvlees” 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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