Breakdown of Zij hebben iemands account gehackt.
zij
they
hebben
to have
het account
the account
iemands
someone's
Questions & Answers about Zij hebben iemands account gehackt.
How is the word iemands formed, and does it use an apostrophe like in English?
Iemands means "someone's". You make it by simply adding an -s to iemand (someone). Unlike English, Dutch attaches this possessive -s directly to the word without an apostrophe. It goes right in front of the noun it belongs to.
Is account a "de" or "het" word, and does that change how iemands is spelled?
Account is typically a "het" word in Dutch (het account). However, the possessive word iemands always stays exactly the same, regardless of whether the noun following it is a "de" word, a "het" word, or plural.
Why does the past participle gehackt end in a -t instead of a -d?
Hacken is an English loanword, but it follows regular Dutch grammar rules. The stem is hack. Because the stem ends in -k, which is a consonant found in the "'t kofschip" memory rule, the past participle gets a -t ending.
Why is gehackt placed at the very end of the sentence?
This sentence uses the present perfect tense. In Dutch, the helping verb hebben stays in the second position of the sentence, but the past participle gehackt is pushed all the way to the end.