de of het lettertype?
het lettertype
font
noun
It is “het lettertype”. The plural is “de lettertypen”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: lettertype
Forms
- Article
- het lettertype
- Plural
- de lettertypen
- Also means
- typeface
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Welk lettertype vind je het mooist?
Which font do you like best?
Ik wil dit lettertype graag veranderen.
I would like to change this font.
Het lettertype is hier moeilijk leesbaar.
The font is difficult to read here.
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 lettertype” rather than as “lettertype” 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.