Learn Dutch: Uit het rapport blijkt dat haar motivatie erg groot is. - It is evident from the report that her motivation is very high.

Blijken means 'to turn out,' 'to become clear,' or 'to be evident based on facts.' It is the perfect verb to use when information comes to light through evidence, like a report or an investigation. You could use a verb like laten zien (to show), but blijken sounds much more natural and professional in Dutch for this context.

Can I just say Het rapport blijkt dat... to mean 'The report shows that...'?

No. Blijken does not mean 'to actively show'; it means 'to be evident.' A report cannot 'be evident that something.' Instead, you must say 'From the report it is evident...' (Uit het rapport blijkt...). If you want to make the report the active subject, you must use a different verb, like Het rapport laat zien dat... (The report shows that...).

The English translation says 'It is evident', but there is no het (it) in the Dutch sentence. Why?

In English, we need the dummy subject 'it' to build the sentence. In Dutch, the phrase uit het rapport (from the report) is in the first position, so the verb blijkt comes second. The actual subject of blijkt is the entire dat-clause that follows. Because the starting phrase fills the first slot, Dutch does not need or use a dummy het here.

Why is her motivation described as erg groot (very big) instead of erg hoog (very high)?