Learn Dutch: Bij de kassa krijg je de bon te zien. - At the register you get to see the receipt.

The construction krijgen te followed by an infinitive like zien, horen, or weten is used to express that you passively receive information. Here, krijg je de bon te zien literally means 'you get to see the receipt,' but it strongly implies that the cashier actively presents or shows it to you.

Why is de bon placed in the middle of the phrase krijg ... te zien?

This sentence uses the classic Dutch verbal bracket. The conjugated verb krijg is in the second position right after Bij de kassa, while the rest of the verbal expression, te zien, is pushed to the very end of the clause. The direct object de bon gets sandwiched in between them.

Could I translate this as 'At the register you are shown the receipt'?

Yes, absolutely! Because krijgen te zien describes receiving a sight or piece of information from an outside source, translating it with an English passive like 'you are shown' often captures the natural feeling of the Dutch sentence perfectly.

Could I use the word het recept instead of de bon to mean 'receipt'?