Breakdown of Het bonken komt door het verbouwen.
komen
to come
het
it
door
because of / due to
bonken
to bang
Questions & Answers about Het bonken komt door het verbouwen.
Why do both bonken and verbouwen have het in front of them?
In Dutch, you can turn any verb into a noun to describe the activity itself, similar to adding -ing in English. You just use the full infinitive of the verb. These verb-nouns are always neuter, meaning they take the article het.
The translation says is caused by, but isn't komt door literally comes through?
Yes, the literal translation is comes through. However, komen door is the standard Dutch expression for saying that something is caused by or is due to something else.
Could I drop the second het and just say komt door verbouwen?
You can, but it subtly changes the meaning. Using het verbouwen points to the specific renovation project happening right now. Dropping it sounds much more general, like saying caused by renovation as a broad abstract concept.
Do these verb-nouns have a plural form, like if I wanted to say the bangings?
No, because substantival infinitives describe an ongoing activity, they are uncountable and only exist in the singular. If you need a countable plural like the bangs, you would use a regular noun, such as de bonken, rather than the activity-noun het bonken.