Breakdown of De aandeelhouder eist een hoger dividend vanwege de grootte van de winst.
een
a/an
van
from (possession, starting point) / made of
hoog
high / tall
de winst
the profit
Questions & Answers about De aandeelhouder eist een hoger dividend vanwege de grootte van de winst.
Why use vanwege here instead of omdat or doordat?
Vanwege is a formal preposition meaning "due to" or "because of." You use it before a noun phrase, like de grootte van de winst in this sentence. If you wanted to use a conjunction like omdat (because) or doordat (due to the fact that), you would need to build a full subclause with a subject and a verb, such as: ... doordat de winst zo groot is.
Why is it een hoger dividend and not een hogere dividend?
Dividend is a neuter noun (het dividend). Remember that when you use an indefinite article (een) with a neuter noun, the adjective before it drops its -e ending. This rule applies to comparative adjectives too! So the comparative hogere becomes hoger. If it were a definite noun, it would be het hogere dividend.
Why does the word grootte have a double 't'?
Grootte (size) is a noun formed by adding the suffix -te to the adjective groot (big). Since groot already ends in a 't', adding -te naturally creates a double 't'. This -te suffix is commonly used to turn adjectives of dimension into nouns, similar to lengte (length) and dikte (thickness).