Breakdown of Zijn gedrag tijdens het verhoor was verdacht.
het verhoor
the interrogation
verdacht
suspicious
Questions & Answers about Zijn gedrag tijdens het verhoor was verdacht.
Why does verdacht mean "suspicious" here? Doesn't it mean "suspect"?
It can mean both! Verdacht is the past participle of the verb verdenken (to suspect). Used as an adjective, it means "suspicious" (arousing suspicion), as seen in this sentence. However, it is also frequently used as a noun (de verdachte) to mean "the suspect".
The word verhoor looks like a verb. How is it being used here?
Het verhoor is a noun meaning "the interrogation" or "the questioning". It is formed directly from the stem of the verb verhoren (to interrogate). Dutch frequently turns verb stems into neuter (het) nouns to describe the action itself.
Is gedrag always singular?
Yes, gedrag (behavior) is an uncountable noun in Dutch, much like in English, so it is used in the singular. If a police report needs to refer to specific behavioral acts in the plural, they might use the word gedragingen, but this sounds highly formal.
If I wanted to rewrite this to say "His suspicious behavior", would verdacht get an -e ending?
Yes, it would become zijn verdachte gedrag. Even though gedrag is a neuter (het) word, the possessive pronoun zijn makes it definite. Adjectives in front of a neuter noun only drop the -e ending when the noun is indefinite (like when using een or no article).
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