Words ending in -te: de or het?

usually de

Words ending in -te often come from an adjective and usually take de: de lengte (length), de hoogte (height), de warmte (warmth). Watch out: words that also start with ge- often take het, like het gebergte (mountains), het gedeelte (part) and het gehalte (content).

In our database, 2,319 of the 2,526 words (91.8%) with this ending take de.