Questions & Answers about Na het maken van de inschatting zag ik de fout.
How can I rephrase this sentence using a reflexive 'zich ver-' verb from this lesson?
You could use zich vergissen (to make a mistake) or zich verkijken (to misjudge). For example, you could say Ik zag dat ik me had vergist (I saw that I had made a mistake) or Ik had me verkeken op de inschatting (I had misjudged the estimate). This is a common way Dutch speakers express the noun fout as an action.
Why is the word order zag ik instead of ik zag?
Why does the sentence say het maken van (the making of) instead of just using a word for 'making'?
Dutch doesn't have an '-ing' gerund form like English. To turn a verb into a noun, you use the full infinitive with the neuter article het. When this noun has its own object (like de inschatting), you connect them with van, literally translating to 'the making of the estimate'.
What is the difference between an inschatting and a schatting?