de of het persbericht?
het persbericht
press release
noun · /ˈpɛrs.bəˌrɪxt/
It is “het persbericht”. The plural is “de persberichten”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: persbericht
Forms
- Article
- het persbericht
- Plural
- de persberichten
- Diminutive
- het persberichtje
- Also means
- press report
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het persbericht is verstuurd.
The press release has been sent.
De organisatie publiceerde een persbericht.
The organization published a press release.
Dit persbericht kondigt nieuwe plannen aan.
This press release announces new plans.
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 persbericht” rather than as “persbericht” 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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