de of het memory?
het memory
memory game
noun · /ˈmɛmɔri/
It is “het memory”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: memory
Forms
- Article
- het memory
- Also means
- pelmanism
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Dit memory heeft mooie plaatjes.
This memory game has beautiful pictures.
Jij bent heel goed in memory.
You are very good at memory.
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 memory” rather than as “memory” 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.