Questions & Answers about De stijging is groter dan tien procent.
The lesson is about using dan dat. Why does this sentence only use dan?
You only use dan dat when introducing a subordinate clause (a phrase that contains its own working verb). In this sentence, we are comparing the rise to a simple noun phrase (tien procent), which has no verb. Therefore, a simple dan is enough, exactly like the word than in English.
Is stijging related to the verb stijgen?
Yes! You can turn many Dutch verbs into nouns by adding -ing to the stem. This is similar to adding English suffixes like -ing or -tion to show a process or result. Note that all Dutch nouns ending in -ing are de words.
Why does groter only have one o, when the base word is groot?
This is a quick refresher on the open syllable rule. When you add the -er ending for the comparative, the word splits into syllables as gro-ter. Since the first syllable ends in a vowel (making it an open syllable), a single o automatically produces a long sound. Writing grooter would be a spelling error in Dutch.
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