Breakdown of De boeren bakken eieren en kijken naar de runderen.
en
and
naar
to
kijken
to watch
het ei
the egg
bakken
to fry / to bake
het rund
the cattle
de boer
the farmer
kijken naar
to look at / to watch
Questions & Answers about De boeren bakken eieren en kijken naar de runderen.
Why is the plural of ei (egg) eieren and not just "eien"?
Dutch has a small, special group of neuter nouns that add -eren to become plural instead of the usual -en or -s. Het ei is one of the most common examples.
What is the singular form of runderen?
The singular is het rund (which means a cow or a bovine). Just like ei, it gets the special -eren ending in the plural.
Is boeren (farmers) also one of these irregular -eren plurals?
Actually, no! The singular word is de boer (the farmer). To make it plural, you just add the standard -en ending. It looks like an irregular plural, but that is just because the singular word already ends in an r.
Doesn't bakken mean "to bake"? Why is it used for cooking eggs here?
In Dutch, the verb bakken covers both "to bake" (in an oven) and "to fry" (in a pan). So when you fry an egg, you use bakken.
Can I leave out naar and just say kijken de runderen?
No, you need naar. Just like in English where you say "look at" something, Dutch uses the fixed combination kijken naar when you are directing your eyes at a specific target.
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