Word
Welke brug van de wereld is het langst?
Meaning
Which bridge in the world is the longest?
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Welke brug van de wereld is het langst?
zijn
to be
welke
which (for de-words and plural)
lang
long
de brug
the bridge
Questions & Answers about Welke brug van de wereld is het langst?
Why do we use het langst here instead of de langste?
When a superlative like langst comes after the verb instead of right in front of a noun, Dutch usually puts het in front of it. Even though brug is a de word, you say het langst. You can technically also say de langste, but het langst is a very common and natural way to state this.
Why does the sentence use van de wereld instead of in de wereld?
In English, you say the longest bridge 'in' the world. In Dutch, when talking about extremes like the biggest, best, or longest, it is much more common and idiomatic to say van de wereld (literally 'of' the world).
Why is it welke brug and not welk brug?
Because bridge is a de word (de brug). The question word for 'which' gets an -e ending for all de words and plural words, making it welke. You only use welk for singular het words (like welk boek).
How is the superlative langst formed?
It is formed simply by taking the basic adjective lang (long) and adding the regular suffix -st to mean 'longest'.