Breakdown of Dat kasteel is veruit het allergrootste gebouw in de omgeving.
zijn
to be
in
in
dat
that (het-words)
het gebouw
the building
het kasteel
the castle
de omgeving
the surroundings
veruit
by far
allergrootst
very biggest
Questions & Answers about Dat kasteel is veruit het allergrootste gebouw in de omgeving.
Is it common to use both veruit and aller- together, or is that redundant?
It is very common and not considered redundant! While veruit means by far and aller- means the very (most), combining them as veruit het aller- creates a strongly emphasized statement. It perfectly mirrors saying by far the very biggest in English.
Does the prefix aller- change any spelling rules for the superlative adjective?
No, you just glue aller- directly to the regular superlative form. Here, the base adjective is groot, the superlative is grootst, and it gets an -e ending because it is placed before the noun gebouw. It simply becomes allergrootste.
Why do we need the article het before allergrootste here?
Because gebouw is a neuter noun (a het word), and allergrootste is acting as an attributive adjective (placed directly in front of the noun). When a superlative modifies a noun directly, you must include the definite article that matches that noun.
Could I say van de omgeving instead of in de omgeving?
You might hear both, but in de omgeving is much more natural. In Dutch, when talking about the biggest or best within a geographical area, we generally prefer the preposition in rather than van (of), just like you would say in the area in English.
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