Hij draagt het pak.

Because draagt is the present tense form of dragen used with hij.

Present tense of dragen:

• ik draag = I wear / carry
• jij draagt = you wear / carry
• hij draagt = he wears / carries
• wij dragen = we wear / carry
• jullie dragen = you wear / carry
• zij dragen = they wear / carry

So Hij draagt het pak literally matches He wears the suit.

In this sentence, dragen means to wear.

But the verb is broader than English wear. Depending on context, dragen can also mean:

• to carry
• to bear
• to support

With clothing, it normally means to wear:

• Hij draagt een jas. = He is wearing a coat.

So here, because het pak is clothing, the meaning is clearly wears.

Because pak is a het-word in Dutch, so its definite article is het.

Dutch nouns are divided into two main groups:

• de-words
• het-words

You usually have to learn the article together with the noun:

• het pak = the suit

This is not something you can always guess from English, so it is best memorized as one unit: het pak.

Yes. Pak can have more than one meaning depending on context.

Common meanings include:

• suit (clothing)
• pack
• package
• sometimes a set or bundle

In Hij draagt het pak, the natural meaning is the suit, because dragen with clothing strongly suggests wearing clothes.

So even if pak can mean other things, the context points to suit here.

Because Dutch often uses the simple present where English might prefer a progressive form.

So:

• Hij draagt het pak can mean He wears the suit or He is wearing the suit, depending on context.

Dutch does have ways to emphasize an ongoing action, but they are not necessary here. For clothing, the simple present is very normal.

So this sentence is perfectly natural for a current situation.

Yes, in this basic main clause it is.

The structure is:

• Hij = subject
• draagt = verb
• het pak = object

So it follows the familiar pattern: subject + verb + object

That said, Dutch word order changes more than English in some other sentence types, especially:

• questions
• subordinate clauses
• sentences starting with another element

But this sentence is a straightforward main clause.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• Hij ≈ hay (but shorter, and not exactly English hay)
• draagt ≈ draakht
  
  • aa is a long vowel
  • g is the guttural Dutch sound
• het is often pronounced quickly, almost like ut or a very reduced het
• pak = pahk

A rough whole-sentence guide: hay draakht ut pahk

Two extra notes:

• The Dutch g is one of the hardest sounds for English speakers.
• In normal speech, het is often unstressed and reduced.

Grammatically, dragen can mean carry, so in theory it could.

But in normal usage, with het pak meaning the suit, the most natural interpretation is He is wearing the suit.

If you wanted to make carry clearer, Dutch would more often use a context that clearly shows the suit is not being worn, or a different wording.

So:

• possible in theory: He carries the suit
• natural here: He wears / is wearing the suit

Yes, absolutely. That is another very common Dutch way to say He is wearing the suit.

Compare:

• Hij draagt het pak.
• Hij heeft het pak aan.

Both can mean He is wearing the suit.

A small nuance:

• dragen can sound a bit more general or descriptive
• aanhebben often strongly emphasizes that the clothing is on the person right now

In everyday Dutch, iets aanhebben is extremely common for clothes:

• Ik heb een jas aan. = I am wearing a coat.

So learners should know both patterns.

No, in normal Dutch you usually must include the subject pronoun.

So:

• Hij draagt het pak. = correct
• Draagt het pak. = usually incomplete, unless it is part of a larger context or a special style

Unlike Spanish or Italian, Dutch normally does not drop subject pronouns in ordinary sentences.

Usually yes, but there is an important detail.

In a normal statement:

• Jij draagt het pak. = You are wearing the suit.

But when the verb comes before jij, the -t often disappears:

• Draag jij het pak? = Are you wearing the suit?

So compare:

• jij draagt
• draag jij

This is a very common pattern in Dutch and worth learning early.

Not always. In natural spoken Dutch, het is often reduced because it is unstressed.

So instead of a full, careful het, you may hear something closer to:

• ut
• a very weak ’t in fast speech

This does not change the grammar. It is still the same word: het.

So learners should be ready for the difference between:

• written Dutch: het
• spoken Dutch: often reduced

Usually pak most directly means a suit, especially a man’s suit.

But in some contexts it can refer more broadly to an outfit or a specific set of clothes, depending on the situation.

Still, if you see het pak on its own, the safest first interpretation is:

• the suit

So for this sentence, that is the best meaning to learn first.