Flash Your Dutch: Het Or De?

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About this app

A flashcard approach to learn Dutch: which nouns use Het vs De! With our Adaptive Word Feed (AWF™) technology, words are shown progressively less frequently as you learn them. Over 1800 nouns with English translation, 26 categories, 3 skill levels, and stats to track your progress. No ads, no paid upgrades.

Benefits:

Improve your Dutch vocabulary: the English translation is shown with each word. There are over 1800 nouns in the exercises!

Customize your learning experience: choose from 26 word categories, and 3 levels of difficulty.

Track your progress: see how many questions you have answered, and the percent that were correct for today, a 7-day average, or all-time.

To a non-native speaker, the choice of Het or De seems almost random! But it is crucial to learn the correct article. The obvious reason is of course to speak and write correct Dutch. But furthermore, there are also consequences in grammar! Consider these two examples:

Een oude hond (an old dog)

Een oud konijn (an old rabbit)

These two examples have identical structure, so why is one 'oude' and one 'oud'? Because with an indefinite article (een), adjectives related to het-words do not get an 'e' at the end, de-word adjectives do get an 'e'

There simply isn't a more efficient way of learning vocabulary than with flashcards:

"Flashcards are thought to be a particularly effective deliberate learning tool for studying vocabulary. Indeed, flashcards have been shown to be a more efficient means of learning vocabulary than other decontextualized deliberate learning strategies such as word lists or dictionary use."
- Schmitt, N., & Schmitt, D. (1995), Vocabulary notebooks: Theoretical underpinnings and practical suggestions. English Language Teaching Journal

"An advantage of flashcards is that they naturally lend themselves to a metacognitive learning strategy known as spaced learning."
- Nation, I. S. P. (2003). Effective ways of building vocabulary knowledge. ESL Magazine

I hope this app will help you on your journey to becoming fluent in Dutch. Veel succes mijn vriend...