de of het vizier?
het vizier
visor
noun
It is “het vizier”. The plural is “de vizieren”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: vizier
Forms
- Article
- het vizier
- Plural
- de vizieren
- Diminutive
- het viziertje
- Also means
- backsight, high-ranking official
- How common
- among the 10,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
Het vizier van mijn helm is vies.
The visor of my helmet is dirty.
Trek je pet wat lager, dan zit het vizier voor je ogen.
Pull your cap lower, then the visor will be in front of your eyes.
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 vizier” rather than as “vizier” 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
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