Word
De aandeelhouder ontvangt een jaarlijks dividend.
Meaning
The shareholder receives an annual dividend.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of De aandeelhouder ontvangt een jaarlijks dividend.
de aandeelhouder
the shareholder
het dividend
the dividend
jaarlijks
annual / annually
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Questions & Answers about De aandeelhouder ontvangt een jaarlijks dividend.
Why doesn't the adjective jaarlijks get an -e ending here?
Because dividend is a neuter noun (het dividend). When a het word is preceded by the indefinite article een, the adjective modifying it drops the -e ending. If it were a specific reference (het jaarlijkse dividend), the -e would return. This is a common rule from earlier levels that is easy to forget in complex business sentences!
Could I use krijgt instead of ontvangt here?
Grammatically, yes, as both mean to receive or get. However, ontvangen is more formal and is the standard choice in business, official, or financial contexts like this one. Krijgen would sound a bit too casual for a corporate dividend payout.
How is the word aandeelhouder constructed?
It is a compound of aandeel (share or portion) and houder (holder or keeper). In finance, an aandeel is a share of stock in a company, making the aandeelhouder the shareholder.
What are the past tense forms of ontvangen if I want to say the dividend was already paid out?