Word
De herfst is een mooi seizoen.
Meaning
Autumn is a beautiful season.
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Questions & Answers about De herfst is een mooi seizoen.
Why does the sentence start with De herfst instead of just Herfst?
In Dutch, seasons often take the definite article (de), especially when talking about them in a general sense. While in English you just say 'Autumn is a beautiful season,' Dutch requires 'The autumn is a beautiful season.'
How would I use this vocabulary to say something happens 'in autumn'?
You use the preposition in followed by the article and the season, which perfectly matches this lesson! You would say in de herfst. For example: Het regent vaak in de herfst (It rains often in autumn).
Why is it een mooi seizoen without an -e at the end of mooi?
Because seizoen is a het-word (het seizoen). The rule in Dutch is that when you use een (a/an) before a het-word, the adjective drops the -e ending. If it were a de-word, it would get the ending, like een mooie dag.