Breakdown of Die nieuwe planeet bestaat niet echt.
niet
not
die
that / those (de-words and plurals)
nieuw
new
echt
real; really (genuinely)
Questions & Answers about Die nieuwe planeet bestaat niet echt.
Why does niet come right before echt instead of at the end of the sentence?
When niet negates a specific adjective or adverb, it goes immediately before that word. Here, it negates the adverb echt (really), so they stay together as niet echt (not really). If you removed echt, niet would go at the end of the sentence: Die nieuwe planeet bestaat niet.
Why does nieuw have an -e at the end in Die nieuwe planeet?
Because planeet is a de-word (de planeet). When an adjective comes before a de-word and follows a pointing word like de, die, or deze, you must add an -e to the adjective.
Why is it die planeet and not dat planeet?
In Dutch, you use die to say "that" for de-words, and dat for het-words. Since it is de planeet, "that planet" translates to die planeet.
Can I translate "does not really exist" by using a Dutch word for "does"?