Het nummer is dertien.

The number is thirteen.

Breakdown of Het nummer is dertien.

• zijn: to be
• het nummer: the number
• dertien: thirteen

Questions & Answers about Het nummer is dertien.

Why is it het nummer and not de nummer?

Because nummer is a het-word in Dutch. That means its singular definite article is het.

• het nummer = the number
• de nummers = the numbers

This is something you usually have to learn with each noun, because grammatical gender in Dutch is not always predictable.

What kind of word is nummer?

Nummer is a noun. In this sentence, it is a singular noun.

A few common meanings of nummer are:

• number
• song / track
• issue of a magazine
• sometimes a sports event or act

In Het nummer is dertien, it simply means number.

Why is the verb is?