De or het argument?
het argument
an argument (fact or statement used to support a proposition)
/ˌɑr.ɣyˈmɛnt/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het argument
- Plural (meervoud)
- de argumenten
- Diminutive
- het argumentje
Why het?
- Nouns ending in -isme, -ment, -um and -sel usually take het.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de argumenten whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het argumentje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit argument | deze argumenten |
| that, those | dat argument | die argumenten |
| which (the … that) | het argument dat … | de argumenten die … |
| our | ons argument | onze argumenten |
Meaning in English
- an argument (fact or statement used to support a proposition)
- a series of propositions, intended so that the conclusion follows logically from the premises
- an argument (independent variable of a function)
- an argument (value or reference passed to a function)
- an argument (any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause)
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