Het thuiswerkverzoek noemt de arbeidsplaats.

Dutch nouns take one of two definite articles: de or het.

• verzoek is a het-word, so it becomes het verzoek
• arbeidsplaats is a de-word, so it becomes de arbeidsplaats

In the sentence, the first noun is actually the compound thuiswerkverzoek, and the article is determined by the last part of the compound, which is verzoek. Since verzoek takes het, the whole compound also takes het:

• het verzoek
• het thuiswerkverzoek

This is a very useful rule for Dutch compounds.

Yes. Dutch very often combines nouns into a single long compound word.

thuiswerkverzoek is built from:

• thuiswerk = working from home / home working
• verzoek = request

So together it means something like work-from-home request or request to work from home.

English often writes these ideas as separate words, but Dutch usually joins them into one word. That is completely normal in Dutch.

It is a compound noun made of parts:

• thuis = at home
• werk = work
• verzoek = request

First, thuis + werk gives thuiswerk.
Then thuiswerk + verzoek gives thuiswerkverzoek.

A helpful way to understand Dutch compounds is to read them from right to left:

• the main word is verzoek
• what kind of request?
• a thuiswerk request

So the last element gives the core meaning, and the earlier element(s) describe it.

Grammatically, yes: noemt comes from noemen, which often means to name or to call.

But in sentences like this, noemen can also mean:

• to mention
• to state
• to specify

So here noemt de arbeidsplaats is probably closer to:

• mentions the workplace
• states the workplace
• specifies the workplace

That is a common thing for English speakers to notice: Dutch noemen does not always mean only giving something a name.

Because the subject is singular: het thuiswerkverzoek.

The infinitive is noemen. In the present tense:

• ik noem
• jij noemt
• hij/zij/het noemt

A singular subject that is not ik usually takes the -t form in the present tense.

Since het thuiswerkverzoek is singular, the correct verb form is noemt.

In this sentence:

• Het thuiswerkverzoek = subject
• noemt = verb
• de arbeidsplaats = direct object

Dutch basic word order in a main clause is often:

subject + finite verb + object

So this sentence follows a very standard pattern:

• Het thuiswerkverzoek
• noemt
• de arbeidsplaats

English speakers sometimes look for case endings, but modern Dutch usually does not mark subject and object that way. Word order is doing most of the work here.

Dutch main clauses follow the V2 rule, which means the finite verb normally comes in the second position.

In this sentence, the first position is occupied by the whole subject:

Het thuiswerkverzoek | noemt | de arbeidsplaats

So noemt comes second.

This is normal Dutch word order. If another element came first, the verb would still stay in second position. For example:

• Vandaag noemt het thuiswerkverzoek de arbeidsplaats.

Here Vandaag is first, so the verb noemt still stays second.

arbeidsplaats means workplace or place of work.

It is understandable and correct, but in everyday Dutch, people may more often say:

• werkplek = workplace / workstation
• werkplaats = workshop, workplace in some contexts
• arbeidsplek = work spot/place, less formal than arbeidsplaats

arbeidsplaats can sound a bit formal or administrative. In official or HR-style language, that fits well.

Yes, often it could, depending on context.

For example:

• Het thuiswerkverzoek noemt de werkplek.

That would sound a bit more natural in some everyday contexts. However, arbeidsplaats can sound more formal, legal, or administrative.

So the choice depends on register:

• arbeidsplaats = more formal
• werkplek = more everyday

Because Dutch commonly expresses these relationships through compounding instead of using a separate linking word.

English might say:

• request for home working
• work-from-home request

Dutch often prefers one compound:

• thuiswerkverzoek

This is one of the biggest structural differences English speakers notice when learning Dutch. Instead of building many noun phrases with of, for, or hyphens, Dutch very often just creates one longer noun.

Usually, no.

For school homework, Dutch uses:

• huiswerk

For work done from home, Dutch uses:

• thuiswerk

So:

• huiswerk = homework
• thuiswerk = work from home / home-based work

That distinction is useful, because English speakers may see thuiswerk and wrongly assume it means school homework.