Breakdown of De tijger is veruit het allersnelste zoogdier in dit gebied.
zijn
to be
in
in
dit
this (neuter)
het gebied
the area
de tijger
the tiger
veruit
by far
allersnelst
very fastest
het zoogdier
mammal
Questions & Answers about De tijger is veruit het allersnelste zoogdier in dit gebied.
Can you use both veruit and aller- together like in veruit het allersnelste?
Yes, you can combine them for maximum emphasis! While it might feel slightly redundant, it is perfectly natural and common in Dutch when you want to heavily stress that something is the absolute extreme. It translates well to 'by far the very fastest'.
Where does veruit normally go in a sentence? Could I start the sentence with it?
Veruit almost always stays right next to the superlative it is modifying. You should place it immediately before the definite article and the superlative, so veruit het allersnelste is correct. You generally wouldn't separate it by moving it to the front or end of the sentence.
Why does allersnelste get an -e at the end instead of just being het allersnelst?
Because it is placed directly in front of the noun it describes (zoogdier). When a superlative is used attributively (before a noun), it follows the normal adjective inflection rules. Since it comes after the definite article het, it gets the -e ending. If it didn't have a noun directly after it, you would just say De tijger is veruit het allersnelst.
Why is it dit gebied and not deze gebied?
Gebied is a het word (het gebied). When pointing out a specific het word, you must use the demonstrative pronoun dit (this) rather than deze.
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