Breakdown of Het geklaag van de volgers blijkt de weergaven te verlagen.
van
from (possession, starting point) / made of
te
to (infinitive marker)
blijken
to turn out / to appear
verlagen
to reduce
het geklaag
the complaining
de weergave
the view (display, representation)
de volger
the follower
Questions & Answers about Het geklaag van de volgers blijkt de weergaven te verlagen.
If I wanted to rewrite this using a dat (that) clause, what would the sentence be?
You would start with the dummy subject het and move the real subject (het geklaag van de volgers) into the subclause: Het blijkt dat het geklaag van de volgers de weergaven verlaagt. This lesson teaches how to shift that subject into the main clause and use te + infinitive instead.
Why is it het geklaag rather than de geklaag?
Nouns created by adding the prefix ge- to a verb stem to express an ongoing, continuous, or often annoying action are always het words. Here, it comes from klagen (to complain). Other examples are het gehuil (the crying) or het gezeur (the nagging).
Could I use schijnt instead of blijkt in this sentence?
Grammatically yes, but the meaning shifts. Blijkt means 'turns out to' or 'is proven to', implying there is hard data showing the views dropped. Schijnt means 'seems to' or 'is rumored to', which would imply you heard about the drop but have not seen the proof.
What is the singular of weergaven, and where does the word come from?
The singular is de weergave. It comes from the separable verb weergeven (to represent, display, or reflect). On the internet, weergaven is the standard translation for page 'views' or video 'plays'.
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