de of het spuitwater?
het spuitwater
carbonated water
noun · /ˈspœy̯tˌʋaː.tər/
It is “het spuitwater”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: spuitwater
Forms
- Article
- het spuitwater
- Also means
- soda water
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Ik wil graag een glas spuitwater.
I would like a glass of carbonated water.
Geef mij maar liever spuitwater.
Just give me carbonated water, please.
Hebben we nog spuitwater in huis?
Do we still have carbonated water at home?
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 spuitwater” rather than as “spuitwater” 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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