Hij kreeg een compensatie aangeboden voor de onterechte boete.

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Why use kreeg ... aangeboden instead of the normal passive with werd?
This is the benefactive passive. You use krijgen (to get) plus a past participle when the subject of the sentence is receiving the action or object. If you used werd (was), the subject would have to be the compensation itself: Een compensatie werd aan hem aangeboden. Using krijgen allows Hij (He) to be the main subject.
Why is aangeboden placed after een compensatie?
This sentence uses a two-part verb structure: the conjugated verb (kreeg) and a past participle (aangeboden). In Dutch main clauses, the conjugated verb takes the second position in the sentence, while the past participle is pushed to the end of the clause. The object he receives (een compensatie) is sandwiched between them.
Why does onterecht (unjustified) get an -e at the end here?
Adjectives placed directly before a noun usually get an -e ending. Because boete (fine) is a de-word (de boete), the adjective in front of it must get an -e, making it de onterechte boete.
How does the word aangeboden get its ge- in the middle?
Aangeboden is the past participle of the separable verb aanbieden (to offer). When making a past participle for a separable verb, the ge- part gets squeezed between the prefix (aan) and the main verb. Since the past participle of bieden is geboden, combining them gives you aangeboden.

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