de of het stripboek?
het stripboek
comic book
noun · /ˈstrɪ(p).buk/
It is “het stripboek”. The plural is “de stripboeken”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: stripboek
Forms
- Article
- het stripboek
- Plural
- de stripboeken
- Diminutive
- het stripboekje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Ik lees graag een stripboek.
I like to read a comic book.
Dit stripboek is erg grappig.
This comic book is very funny.
Heb jij dat stripboek al gelezen?
Have you read that comic book yet?
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 stripboek” rather than as “stripboek” 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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