Breakdown of Zij is veruit de allerbeste topsporter van het land.
zijn
to be
zij
she
het land
the country
van
from (possession, starting point) / made of
veruit
by far
allerbest
very best
de topsporter
top athlete
Questions & Answers about Zij is veruit de allerbeste topsporter van het land.
Can you use both veruit and aller- together like this? Doesn't it feel repetitive?
Yes, you can! While combining 'by far' and 'the very' might feel like overkill in English, pairing veruit with an aller- superlative is perfectly natural in Dutch. It adds extreme emphasis, showing she completely outclasses everyone else.
The English translation says 'in the country', but the Dutch says van het land. Why use van?
When expressing that someone is the best 'in' a certain group or place, Dutch usually uses the preposition van (of) rather than in. You will frequently see this with superlatives, such as de snelste van de klas (the fastest in the class).
Is the prefix aller- always attached directly to the adjective?
Yes, aller- is a prefix that is always glued directly to the superlative to form a single word. Therefore, it is written as allerbeste, never as two separate words like aller beste.
Where exactly does veruit have to go in this sentence?
veruit typically goes immediately before the superlative phrase it is emphasizing. Here, it sits right in front of de allerbeste topsporter. Moving it elsewhere in the sentence would sound unnatural.
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