Breakdown of Wij hebben de meeste tijd voor deze keuze.
wij
we
hebben
to have
de tijd
the time
deze
this / these
Questions & Answers about Wij hebben de meeste tijd voor deze keuze.
Why does meeste have an -e at the end?
Meest is the superlative (the highest amount) of veel (much/many). Here, it acts as an adjective describing the noun tijd (time). Just like regular adjectives, it gets an extra -e when it comes directly before a noun.
I learned that 'the most' is het meest. Why does this sentence use de meeste?
You use het meest when it stands alone, for example to describe an action. But when it is attached to a noun, it behaves like an adjective. Since tijd is a de-word, the article has to match, making it de meeste tijd.
Why do we use deze instead of dit for 'this choice'?
The word for choice, keuze, is a de-word (de keuze). For de-words, the word for 'this' is always deze. You only use dit when pointing out het-words.
Is the noun keuze related to the verb kiezen?
Yes! Keuze (choice) is the noun form of the verb kiezen (to choose). It is very common in Dutch for the vowel sounds to shift when a verb is turned into a noun.