Breakdown of Dit is de meest interessante film van het jaar.
zijn
to be
de film
the film
dit
this (neuter)
het jaar
the year
Questions & Answers about Dit is de meest interessante film van het jaar.
Why use dit at the start of the sentence when film is a de-word? Shouldn't it be deze?
When you introduce a subject using the verb zijn (to be), you always use the uninflected pronouns dit (this) or dat (that), regardless of the gender of the noun that follows. Because the sentence structure is "This is...", you must use Dit is. If you were instead saying "This film is...", then you would use Deze film is.
Why does this sentence use meest interessante instead of adding -ste to make it interessantste?
In Dutch, you usually form the superlative by adding -st to the end of the adjective (like grootst or leukst). However, for longer adjectives—especially those ending in -ant or -isch—Dutch speakers often put meest (most) before the word instead, simply because it is easier to pronounce. Both meest interessante and interessantste are grammatically correct.
Why does interessante have an -e added to the end here?
Adjectives usually get an -e ending when they stand directly in front of the noun they describe. Because film is a de-word and the phrase uses the definite article de, the adjective takes the standard -e ending. The fact that the word meest is placed in front of it does not change this rule.