Breakdown of Dat gezegd hebbende, zullen zij een concessie doen.
een
a/an
zij
they
hebben
to have
zeggen
to say
Questions & Answers about Dat gezegd hebbende, zullen zij een concessie doen.
How is the phrase dat gezegd hebbende formed?
It uses the past participle gezegd (said) followed by the present participle of the auxiliary verb hebben (to have), which is hebbende. It literally translates to "that said having." This is an absolute participial construction, which serves as a fixed rhetorical phrase to transition between ideas, much like "that being said" or "having said that" in English.
Why is the word order zullen zij inverted after the comma?
In Dutch, the finite verb must be the second element in a main clause (the V2 rule). The entire participial phrase Dat gezegd hebbende occupies the first position in the sentence. Therefore, the verb zullen must immediately follow it, pushing the subject zij to the third position.
Could I use maken instead of doen to say "make a concession"?
No, you shouldn't use maken here. In Dutch, the fixed combination for "making a concession" is een concessie doen. Using maken would sound like an unnatural literal translation from English.
Is dat gezegd hebbende commonly used in daily conversation?