Word
Dit document is bindend voor elke gebruiker van de licentie.
Meaning
This document is binding for every user of the license.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Dit document is bindend voor elke gebruiker van de licentie.
zijn
to be
dit
this (neuter)
het document
the document
voor
for (on behalf of)
Questions & Answers about Dit document is bindend voor elke gebruiker van de licentie.
The word bindend looks like a verb form. How is it being used here?
It is the present participle of the verb binden (to bind), formed by adding -d to the infinitive. Here it acts as a predicate adjective meaning 'binding'. Because it comes after the verb is rather than right in front of a noun, it does not get an -e ending.
How could I apply this lesson's topic (auxiliary omission / hulpwerkwoorddeletie) to this phrase?
Since this sentence is a main clause, there is no auxiliary verb to omit. However, if you wanted to use this phrase as a modifier, you could take the relative clause het document dat bindend is voor elke gebruiker and drop dat and is. This leaves a formal apposition: het document, bindend voor elke gebruiker, ... (the document, binding for every user, ...).
Why do we use the preposition voor here instead of op or aan?
While English legal terminology often says a rule or contract is binding 'on' or 'upon' someone, the fixed preposition in Dutch is always bindend voor (literally 'binding for').
Why is it elke gebruiker and not elk gebruiker?