Word
Die warme handschoenen zijn onmisbaar in de winter.
Meaning
Those warm gloves are indispensable in the winter.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Die warme handschoenen zijn onmisbaar in de winter.
zijn
to be
in
in
warm
warm
die
that / those (de-words and plurals)
Questions & Answers about Die warme handschoenen zijn onmisbaar in de winter.
How is the word onmisbaar formed?
It is built from three parts: the prefix on- (un-/not), the verb stem mis (from missen, meaning to miss or lack), and the suffix -baar (-able). Literally, it means un-miss-able, which translates perfectly to indispensable.
Why does warm get an -e at the end here?
Because handschoenen is a plural noun. In Dutch, adjectives placed directly before a plural noun always get an -e ending, regardless of whether the noun goes with de or het in its singular form.
Why do we use die instead of dat for those?
Die is used to point out plural nouns (like handschoenen) and singular de-words. The word dat is only used for singular het-words.
If I want to emphasize the season and start the sentence with In de winter, what happens to the word order?