Use the preposition tijdens (during) to explain when an event or action takes place.
| Nobody talks during the concert. | Niemand praat tijdens het concert. |
Stating Causes with vanwege
Use vanwege (because of / due to) to explain the reason for a situation.
| We were too late because of the crowd. | We waren te laat vanwege de drukte. |
Notice that if you start a sentence with a prepositional phrase like vanwege de drukte, the verb and subject invert because the verb must stay in the second position.
| Due to the crowd, the road is closed. | Vanwege de drukte is de weg dicht. |
Official Announcements with wegens
Wegens also means "due to" or "because of". It is slightly more formal than vanwege and frequently appears in official announcements, signs, or news reports.
| The train is not running due to a malfunction. | De trein rijdt niet wegens een storing. |
| The police are blocking the street due to the incident. | De politie blokkeert de straat wegens het incident. |
Unexpected Disruptions
Here is how you can use vanwege, wegens, and tijdens to describe unforeseen (onvoorzien) or temporary (tijdelijk) situations:
| During the trip there was an unforeseen delay. | Tijdens de reis was er onvoorzien oponthoud. |
| The office is temporarily closed due to the chaos. | Het kantoor is tijdelijk dicht vanwege de chaos. |
| The system is temporarily shut down due to a malfunction. | Het systeem is tijdelijk afgesloten wegens een storing. |
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