de of het rendement?
het rendement
yield
noun · /ˌrɛn.dəˈmɛnt/
It is “het rendement”. The plural is “de rendementen”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: rendement
Forms
- Article
- het rendement
- Plural
- de rendementen
- Diminutive
- het rendementje
- Also means
- performance, efficiency
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het rendement op de obligaties was goed.
The yield on the bonds was good.
Hoe verhogen we het rendement van dit proces?
How do we increase the efficiency of this process?
We verwachten een hoger rendement volgend jaar.
We expect a higher yield next year.
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 rendement” rather than as “rendement” 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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