de of het rijgedrag?
het rijgedrag
driving behaviour
noun
It is “het rijgedrag”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: rijgedrag
Forms
- Article
- het rijgedrag
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Zijn rijgedrag was onverantwoord.
His driving behaviour was irresponsible.
Alcohol beïnvloedt het rijgedrag negatief.
Alcohol negatively influences driving behaviour.
Let op het rijgedrag van andere automobilisten.
Pay attention to the driving behaviour of other motorists.
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 rijgedrag” rather than as “rijgedrag” 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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