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Grammatical Gender and Articles: De, Het, Een

Master Dutch grammatical gender and spoken articles with de, het, and een. Learn when to use each article with high-frequency nouns and essential plural rules.

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52 Cards
Lesson#1
In Dutch, every noun has a grammatical gender, which determines whether it takes the definite article 'de' or 'het' for 'the'. In this deck, you will learn how to use 'de', 'het', and the indefinite article 'een' with essential everyday words.
Lesson#2
About seventy-five per cent of Dutch nouns are common gender and take the definite article 'de'. This includes most nouns referring to people. For example, 'the man' is 'de man', and 'the woman' is 'de vrouw'.
Quiz#3
How do you say 'the man' in Dutch?

de man

Quiz#4
How do you say 'the woman' in Dutch?

de vrouw

Lesson#5
Another common noun for a person is 'de jongen', meaning 'the boy'. Like 'de man' and 'de vrouw', it always takes the article 'de'.
Quiz#6
How do you say 'the boy' in Dutch?

de jongen

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