de of het leesvoer?
het leesvoer
reading matter
noun · /ˈleːs.vuːr/
It is “het leesvoer”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: leesvoer
Forms
- Article
- het leesvoer
- Also means
- reading material, literary pulp
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Ik heb genoeg leesvoer voor de reis.
I have enough reading matter for the trip.
Is er nog wat leesvoer voor mij?
Is there still some reading matter for me?
Deze roman is uitstekend leesvoer voor de vakantie.
This novel is excellent reading matter for the holiday.
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 leesvoer” rather than as “leesvoer” 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
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