de of het resultaat?
het resultaat
result
noun · /reː.zʏlˈtaːt/
It is “het resultaat”. The plural is “de resultaten”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: resultaat
Forms
- Article
- het resultaat
- Plural
- de resultaten
- Diminutive
- het resultaatje
- How common
- among the 3,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Er is in drie jaar geen enkel resultaat geboekt.
In three years not a single result has been achieved.
Het resultaat was beter dan verwacht.
The result was better than expected.
Zijn inspanningen leidden tot een goed resultaat.
His efforts led to a good result.
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 resultaat” rather than as “resultaat” 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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