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Zo'n bizarre overstroming is extreem.

Zo'n bizarre overstroming is extreem.
Such a bizarre flood is extreme.
From Lesson 163:Demonstrative determiners (zo'n, zulke)·Dutch

Breakdown of Zo'n bizarre overstroming is extreem.

zijn
to be
zo'n
such a
extreem
extreme
bizar
bizarre
de overstroming
the flood

Questions & Answers about Zo'n bizarre overstroming is extreem.

How does zo'n work in this sentence?
Zo'n translates to "such a". It is a common contraction of zo (so/such) and the indefinite article een (a/an). You use zo'n before singular countable nouns, like overstroming (flood).
Since zo'n contains een, why does the adjective bizarre get an -e at the end?
Adjectives after een (or words containing it, like zo'n) get an -e added to them if the noun is a de-word. Nouns ending in -ing, like overstroming, are always de-words. If it were a het-word instead, there would be no extra -e (for example: zo'n bizar probleem).
Why doesn't extreem get an -e ending?
Extreem is used here after the verb is to describe the subject, rather than sitting directly in front of a noun. In Dutch, adjectives in this position never get an -e ending.
If I wanted to talk about plural "floods", would I still use zo'n?
No, because zo'n literally contains the word "a" (een), so it can only be singular. For plurals and uncountable nouns, you have to use zulke. The plural sentence would be: Zulke bizarre overstromingen zijn extreem.

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