de of het wereldbeeld?
het wereldbeeld
worldview
noun · /ˈʋeː.rəltˌbeːlt/
It is “het wereldbeeld”. The plural is “de wereldbeelden”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: wereldbeeld
Forms
- Article
- het wereldbeeld
- Plural
- de wereldbeelden
- Diminutive
- het wereldbeeldje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Zijn wereldbeeld is heel positief.
His worldview is very positive.
Reizen verruimt je wereldbeeld.
Traveling broadens your worldview.
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 wereldbeeld” rather than as “wereldbeeld” 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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