Breakdown of Mijn opa houdt erg van die traditionele worst.
erg
very / really
houden van
to love / to like
mijn
my
die
that / those (de-words and plurals)
Questions & Answers about Mijn opa houdt erg van die traditionele worst.
Why is worst used here instead of the diminutive worstje?
In this sentence, worst acts as an uncountable mass noun referring to the food category or meat in general. If your grandpa were eating one specific, individual sausage, you would use the diminutive worstje to turn the mass noun into a countable portion.
Why do we use erg instead of veel to express that he 'really' likes it?
When expressing the intensity of a feeling with verbs like houden van, Dutch uses erg or heel erg. English speakers often try to use veel because it translates to 'a lot', but in Dutch, veel is usually reserved for physical quantities, not the degree of an emotion.
Why does the adjective traditionele get an -e at the end?
Because worst is a de word (de worst). When a noun is preceded by a definite pointing word like die, the adjective placed in front of it must take the standard -e ending.