Word
De wetenschapper die geïnteresseerd is in psychologie, leest veel.
Meaning
The scientist who is interested in psychology reads a lot.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of De wetenschapper die geïnteresseerd is in psychologie, leest veel.
zijn
to be
veel
much / many / a lot of
lezen
to read
in
in
Questions & Answers about De wetenschapper die geïnteresseerd is in psychologie, leest veel.
Does geïnteresseerd always take the preposition in?
Yes! Just like in English, you are interested in something, so in Dutch you are geïnteresseerd in something. It is a fixed combination you just have to memorize, but luckily it matches English perfectly here.
Why does in psychologie come after the verb is? Shouldn't all verbs go at the end of a relative clause?
Normally, yes! The strict order would be die geïnteresseerd in psychologie is. However, in Dutch, a prepositional phrase (a phrase starting with a preposition like in, op, or naar) is allowed to break the rule and jump to the very end of the clause, after the verbs. Both word orders are perfectly correct and common.
Why does geïnteresseerd have those two dots (a trema) on the i?
The trema tells you to start a new syllable. In Dutch, the letters ei normally make a single vowel sound (like in trein). Because this word is built from the prefix ge- and interesseerd, the dots on the i show that you pronounce it as ge-in, stopping it from being read as the single ei sound.
Why do we use die as the word for who here?