Word
De schrijfster wordt steeds bekender.
Meaning
The female writer is becoming increasingly well-known.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of De schrijfster wordt steeds bekender.
worden
to become
bekend
well-known
steeds
again and again, constantly / still (in 'nog steeds')
de schrijfster
the female writer
Questions & Answers about De schrijfster wordt steeds bekender.
How do we get schrijfster from the standard word for writer?
The generic or masculine word for writer is schrijver. To make it feminine, Dutch often replaces the -er ending with -ster. Notice the spelling change: the v in schrijver changes to an f in schrijfster because it is followed by the voiceless consonant s.
I thought steeds meant 'always' or 'still'. Why does the translation say 'increasingly'?
On its own, steeds often means 'always', 'constantly', or 'still'. However, when you combine steeds with a comparative adjective like bekender, the pattern steeds + [comparative] means 'increasingly' or 'more and more'. For example, steeds beter means 'better and better'.
How is the comparative form bekender formed?
Bekender is the comparative form of bekend (known or well-known). Just like in English where you often add '-er' (like 'faster'), Dutch adds -er to the base adjective to make the comparative. So bekend + er = bekender.
Why is the verb wordt used here instead of is?