Noch het kinderdagverblijf noch de gastouder heeft een opvangplek.

It means neither ... nor ....

So:

• Noch het kinderdagverblijf noch de gastouder ... = Neither the daycare center nor the childminder ...

This structure links two things and says that the statement is true for neither of them.

No. They are different words.

• nog = still, yet, another
• noch = nor, neither

That is a very common beginner confusion because the words look similar.

In this sentence, noch has the negative meaning nor.

Because noch ... noch ... here connects two singular nouns:

• het kinderdagverblijf
• de gastouder

In standard Dutch, when both parts are singular, a singular verb is very common:

• Noch Jan noch Piet komt.
• Noch het kinderdagverblijf noch de gastouder heeft een opvangplek.

The idea is basically not one and not the other, so singular agreement feels natural.

Because noch ... noch ... already makes the sentence negative.

So Dutch says:

• Noch het kinderdagverblijf noch de gastouder heeft een opvangplek.

not

• Noch het kinderdagverblijf noch de gastouder heeft geen opvangplek.

That second version would normally be treated as an unwanted double negative in standard Dutch.

Compare English:

• Neither the daycare center nor the childminder has a place.

You also do not add another negative there.

Opvangplek literally means care place/spot, but in this context it means an available childcare place or childcare spot.

So it does not mean just a physical place in a room. It means:

• there is room/capacity to take care of a child
• a family can be offered a place in childcare

A natural English translation is:

• a childcare spot
• an available place in childcare

They are both childcare options, but they are not the same.

• kinderdagverblijf = a daycare center or nursery

  • usually a larger, organized childcare setting
  • children are cared for in a center

• gastouder = a childminder

  • usually smaller-scale care
  • often in a home setting
  • in the Netherlands this can refer to a specific registered form of childcare

So the sentence contrasts two different types of childcare provider.

Because Dutch nouns have different articles.

• het kinderdagverblijf is a het-word
• de gastouder is a de-word

A useful extra point: in Dutch compounds, the last part usually determines the article.

• verblijf is a het-word
• therefore kinderdagverblijf is also a het-word

That is why you get het kinderdagverblijf.

This is a normal Dutch main clause, so the finite verb comes in second position.

The whole subject is:

• Noch het kinderdagverblijf noch de gastouder

That entire phrase counts as the first element, so the verb comes next:

• Noch het kinderdagverblijf noch de gastouder heeft ...

So the structure is basically:

• [subject] + [finite verb] + [rest]

If this were a subordinate clause, the verb would move to the end:

• ..., omdat noch het kinderdagverblijf noch de gastouder een opvangplek heeft.

Yes, it is correct and natural, but it sounds a bit more formal or written than some other options.

In everyday speech, many people might prefer something like:

• Het kinderdagverblijf en de gastouder hebben allebei geen opvangplek.
• Het kinderdagverblijf heeft geen opvangplek en de gastouder ook niet.
• Geen van beide heeft een opvangplek.

So noch ... noch ... is good Dutch, but it has a slightly more formal tone than the most conversational alternatives.

Yes. Dutch often builds long compound nouns.

kinderdagverblijf can be understood as:

• kinder- = child/children
• dag = day
• verblijf = stay/residence

So literally it is something like children-day-stay, but the real meaning is daycare center.

And opvangplek is also a compound:

• opvang = care / childcare
• plek = place / spot

Seeing these long words as smaller building blocks is very helpful when learning Dutch.

You can get close, but the most natural English translation is usually a little freer.

Very literal:

• Neither the daycare center nor the childminder has a childcare spot.

Natural English:

• Neither the daycare center nor the childminder has a place available.
• Neither the daycare center nor the childminder has an available childcare spot.

So the Dutch structure maps quite well to English, but opvangplek often needs a slightly more natural English phrase rather than a strict word-for-word translation.