de of het reglement?
het reglement
rules
noun
It is “het reglement”. The plural is “de reglementen”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: reglement
Forms
- Article
- het reglement
- Plural
- de reglementen
- Diminutive
- het reglementje
- Also means
- regulations
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het reglement is duidelijk voor iedereen.
The rules are clear for everyone.
Volg altijd het reglement van de club.
Always follow the club's rules.
Het reglement wordt binnenkort herzien.
The rules will be revised soon.
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 reglement” rather than as “reglement” 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
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