de of het ochtendgloren?
het ochtendgloren
dawn
noun · /ˈɔx.təntˌɣloː.rə(n)/
It is “het ochtendgloren”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: ochtendgloren
Forms
- Article
- het ochtendgloren
- Also means
- daybreak
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
We stonden op bij het ochtendgloren.
We got up at dawn.
Het ochtendgloren kleurde de hemel zachtroze.
The dawn colored the sky soft pink.
Morgen vertrekken we met het ochtendgloren.
Tomorrow we'll leave at dawn.
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 ochtendgloren” rather than as “ochtendgloren” 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.