de of het oogpunt?
het oogpunt
point of view
noun · /ˈoːx.pʏnt/
It is “het oogpunt”. The plural is “de oogpunten”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: oogpunt
Forms
- Article
- het oogpunt
- Plural
- de oogpunten
- Diminutive
- het oogpuntje
- Also means
- perspective
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Vanuit mijn oogpunt is dit de beste oplossing.
From my point of view, this is the best solution.
Laten we dit vanuit een ander oogpunt bekijken.
Let's look at this from a different point of view.
Vanuit economisch oogpunt is dit niet handig.
From an economic point of view, this is not practical.
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 oogpunt” rather than as “oogpunt” 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.