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
vanwege
because of / due to (reason)
eisen
to demand
de grootte
the size (dimensions, magnitude)
de aandeelhouder
the shareholder
het dividend
the dividend
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).
How does the compound noun aandeelhouder break down?
It is made up of aandeel (share/portion) and houder (holder, from the verb houden - to hold). Aandeel itself comes from aan + deel (part). So, just like in English, it translates literally to "shareholder."
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