de of het vastgoed?
het vastgoed
real estate
noun · /ˈvɑstˌɣut/
It is “het vastgoed”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: vastgoed
Forms
- Article
- het vastgoed
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het vastgoed is duur geworden.
Real estate has become expensive.
Zij investeert in vastgoed.
She invests in real estate.
Dit kantoor behoort tot het vastgoed van de stad.
This office belongs to the city's real estate.
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 vastgoed” rather than as “vastgoed” 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
Woordje has a practice mode for exactly this: it shows a noun and asks for the article, and keeps asking until you stop getting it wrong.