De of Het
One topic I struggle is the artikels. De or het.

Is it correct to say: For compound words, article is same as last word ?

Het werk - Het huisWERK
De stad - De HoofsSTAD

Is it always like that? If I know the article of huis, do all words ending with huis get HET?

Question

De of Het
One topic I struggle is the artikels. De or het.

Is it correct to say: For compound words, article is same as last word ?

Het werk -> Het huisWERK
De stad -> De HoofsSTAD

Is it always like that? If I know the article of huis, do all words ending with huis get HET?

Answer

It definitely helps. Thanks Marloes! And good examples.

Answer

I feel ya, articles are a struggle.
Good news, you are right: for compound words the last part detemines the article.
Two more examples: het fruit + de boom = de fruitboom
de stad + het huis = het stadhuis
Hope this helps a bit, good luck!

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