Word
De winst steeg aanzienlijk in het derde kwartaal.
Meaning
The profit rose considerably in the third quarter.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of De winst steeg aanzienlijk in het derde kwartaal.
in
in
derde
third (3rd)
de winst
the profit
stijgen
to rise
Questions & Answers about De winst steeg aanzienlijk in het derde kwartaal.
Why is steeg used here instead of verhoogde?
Steeg is the simple past of stijgen, which means "to rise" or "to increase" (intransitive—the subject does it on its own). Verhogen means "to raise" or "to increase something" (transitive—someone does it to an object). Because the profit is going up on its own in this sentence, you must use stijgen.
Aanzienlijk is a great formal word. What are some other ways to say "considerably" or "significantly" in this context?
In business or financial contexts, you will also frequently see flink (substantially) or beduidend (significantly). All three are excellent B2-level words to describe a large, noticeable change.
The current lesson is about complex prepositions, but this sentence just uses in. How could we use a phrase like met betrekking tot (with regard to) here?
To sound even more like a formal financial report, you could introduce the time frame using a complex preposition: Met betrekking tot het derde kwartaal steeg de winst aanzienlijk. (With regard to the third quarter, the profit rose considerably.) This frames the sentence by placing heavy topical emphasis on the specific quarter being discussed.
Does the word order have to be exactly like this, or can the time phrase move?