Breakdown of Aan het einde van de storm zijn we opgelucht.
zijn
to be
aan
on / at (attached to, edge)
van
from (possession, starting point) / made of
we
we (unstressed form of wij)
de storm
the storm
opgelucht
relieved
het einde
the end
Questions & Answers about Aan het einde van de storm zijn we opgelucht.
Why is it zijn we instead of we zijn?
Because the sentence starts with the prepositional phrase Aan het einde van de storm. In Dutch, whenever you put something other than the subject at the beginning of a main clause, the verb and subject swap places. This is a classic case of inversion.
Since this lesson covers the -loos suffix, how would we change einde to mean endless?
You would add the suffix -loos to get eindeloos. Notice the extra -e- in the middle to make it easier to pronounce, which is a common connecting vowel when the root word is eind or einde.
Could I add -loos to storm to describe weather that lacks storms?
Yes, you can say stormloos to mean without storms. The suffix -loos is very productive in Dutch and works exactly like the English suffix -less to indicate the absence of something.
Is opgelucht a verb or an adjective here?
It acts as an adjective describing our state of mind, but it is actually the past participle of the separable verb opluchten (to relieve). Just like in English, past participles are frequently used as adjectives to describe feelings.
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