de of het vluchtnummer?
het vluchtnummer
flight number
noun · /ˈvlʏxtˌnʏ.mər/
It is “het vluchtnummer”. The plural is “de vluchtnummers”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: vluchtnummer
Forms
- Article
- het vluchtnummer
- Plural
- de vluchtnummers
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het vluchtnummer staat op je boardingpass.
The flight number is on your boarding pass.
Wat is jouw vluchtnummer?
What is your flight number?
Heeft u het vluchtnummer al?
Do you already have the flight number?
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 vluchtnummer” rather than as “vluchtnummer” 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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