de of het regenseizoen?
het regenseizoen
wet season
noun · /ˈreː.ɣə(n).sɛi̯ˌzun/
It is “het regenseizoen”. The plural is “de regenseizoenen”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: regenseizoen
Forms
- Article
- het regenseizoen
- Plural
- de regenseizoenen
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het regenseizoen duurt hier van mei tot oktober.
The wet season here is from May to October.
Het regenseizoen begint volgende maand.
The wet season starts next month.
Tijdens het regenseizoen regent het vaak.
During the wet season, it often rains.
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 regenseizoen” rather than as “regenseizoen” 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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