de of het stripverhaal?
het stripverhaal
comic
noun · /ˈstrɪp.vərˌɦaːl/
It is “het stripverhaal”. The plural is “de stripverhalen”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: stripverhaal
Forms
- Article
- het stripverhaal
- Plural
- de stripverhalen
- Diminutive
- het stripverhaaltje
- Also means
- comic strip
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Ik lees graag een grappig stripverhaal.
I like to read a funny comic.
Het stripverhaal vertelt een spannend avontuur.
The comic tells an exciting adventure.
We moeten dit nieuwe stripverhaal lezen.
We must read this new comic.
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 stripverhaal” rather than as “stripverhaal” 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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