de of het rekwisiet?
het rekwisiet
prop
noun · /ˌreː.kʋiˈzit/
It is “het rekwisiet”. The plural is “de rekwisieten”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: rekwisiet
Forms
- Article
- het rekwisiet
- Plural
- de rekwisieten
- Also means
- property
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Dit is een belangrijk rekwisiet voor de scène.
This is an important prop for the scene.
Waar zijn alle rekwisieten gebleven?
Where have all the props gone?
De acteur pakte het rekwisiet op.
The actor picked up the prop.
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 rekwisiet” rather than as “rekwisiet” 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.