Word
Het is interessant om het resultaat van de proef te analyseren.
Meaning
It is interesting to analyze the result of the experiment.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Het is interessant om het resultaat van de proef te analyseren.
zijn
to be
het
it
het resultaat
the result
van
from (possession, starting point) / made of
Questions & Answers about Het is interessant om het resultaat van de proef te analyseren.
Why do we use om ... te in this sentence?
The sentence starts with the dummy subject het ("it") to state an opinion (Het is interessant). When you want to add an action to this kind of phrase, you use an om ... te clause. It works exactly like saying "It is interesting to..." in English.
Where exactly do om and te go when there is a long object like het resultaat van de proef?
The word om acts as a bridge, coming right after the main idea (Het is interessant). The word te and the infinitive verb (analyseren) must go at the very end of the sentence. All the details about what you are analyzing get sandwiched between om and te.
Does proef mean "proof"?
They look similar, but de proef actually means "the experiment" or "the test". This is a false friend! If you want to say "proof" (as in evidence), the Dutch word is het bewijs.
Can I reword this to put the action first, without using the dummy subject het?
You can! You could say Het resultaat van de proef analyseren is interessant ("Analyzing the result of the experiment is interesting"). However, starting with the dummy subject het and using an om ... te clause is much more common and sounds more natural in conversational Dutch.