Breakdown of Het taxatierapport onderbouwt de WOZ-waarde.
het taxatierapport
the valuation report
de WOZ-waarde
the assessed property value
onderbouwen
to substantiate
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Questions & Answers about Het taxatierapport onderbouwt de WOZ-waarde.
Why is it het taxatierapport but de WOZ-waarde?
Because Dutch nouns have grammatical gender/common article patterns:
- rapport is a het-word, so the compound becomes het taxatierapport
- waarde is a de-word, so the compound becomes de WOZ-waarde
A useful rule is: in a Dutch compound noun, the last word determines the article.
So:
- taxatie + rapport → taxatierapport → article comes from rapport → het
- WOZ + waarde → WOZ-waarde → article comes from waarde → de
What does taxatierapport mean as a word, and how is it built?
It is a compound noun:
- taxatie = valuation, appraisal
- rapport = report
Together, taxatierapport means appraisal report or valuation report.
Dutch makes compound nouns very freely, much more than English does. Where English often uses two words, Dutch often joins them into one:
- belastingaangifte = tax return
- ziekenhuis = hospital
- taxatierapport = appraisal report
What does onderbouwt mean here?