Enerzijds is de dagwaarde laag, anderzijds de nieuwwaarde hoog.

They are a fixed pair meaning something like on the one hand and on the other hand.

They are used when you want to present two contrasting sides of a situation:

• Enerzijds ... anderzijds ...
• On the one hand ... on the other hand ...

So in this sentence, the speaker is balancing two facts against each other.

A very common alternative is:

• Aan de ene kant ... aan de andere kant ...

That version is a bit more transparent for learners and often feels slightly more everyday.

Because Dutch main clauses usually follow the V2 rule: the finite verb comes in the second position.

In:

• Enerzijds is de dagwaarde laag

the first position is taken by enerzijds, so the verb is must come next.

Compare:

• De dagwaarde is laag.
• Enerzijds is de dagwaarde laag.

In both cases, the finite verb stays in second position.

This is an example of ellipsis: Dutch leaves out words that are easily understood from the previous part.

The full version would be:

• Enerzijds is de dagwaarde laag, anderzijds is de nieuwwaarde hoog.

In the original sentence, the second is is simply omitted because it is obvious.

This kind of omission is common in balanced, formal, or compact writing. As a learner, you can safely use the full version with the second is included.

Yes, absolutely. That is the full and very natural version.

Both are correct:

• Enerzijds is de dagwaarde laag, anderzijds de nieuwwaarde hoog.
• Enerzijds is de dagwaarde laag, anderzijds is de nieuwwaarde hoog.

The version without the second is sounds a bit more compact and stylistically polished. The version with the second is may be easier for learners and is completely normal Dutch.

They are compound nouns, which are extremely common in Dutch.

They are built like this:

• dag + waarde = dagwaarde
• nieuw + waarde → nieuwwaarde

A few points to notice:

• Dutch often combines words into one single written word.
• Waarde means value.
• In compounds, spelling may change slightly, as in nieuw
  • waarde becoming nieuwwaarde with double w.

This is very normal in Dutch spelling.

Both nouns take the common-gender article de:

• de dagwaarde
• de nieuwwaarde

Unfortunately, grammatical gender in Dutch often has to be learned noun by noun. But there is a helpful pattern here:

• Nouns ending in -heid, -ing, -teit, -schap, and very often -waarde are usually de words.

So waarde is a de word, and compounds ending in -waarde also take de.

Yes. Here laag and hoog are predicate adjectives, used after the verb zijn.

Compare:

• De prijs is hoog.
• De waarde is laag.

When adjectives are used this way, they do not take the extra -e ending.

So:

• de lage dagwaarde = attributive adjective, before the noun
• de dagwaarde is laag = predicate adjective, after the verb

That is why the sentence has laag and hoog, not lage and hoge.

It sounds somewhat formal or technical, especially because of:

• enerzijds / anderzijds
• the nouns dagwaarde and nieuwwaarde
• the omission of the second is

You might encounter this kind of sentence in:

• insurance documents
• valuations
• financial or legal writing
• formal reports

In everyday speech, someone might say something a bit fuller and less compressed, for example:

• Aan de ene kant is de dagwaarde laag, maar aan de andere kant is de nieuwwaarde hoog.

The comma is fine here. Dutch often places enerzijds and anderzijds in parallel clauses separated by a comma.

You can also make the contrast more explicit with maar in some contexts, but it is not necessary here.

Possible versions:

• Enerzijds is de dagwaarde laag, anderzijds is de nieuwwaarde hoog.
• Aan de ene kant is de dagwaarde laag, maar aan de andere kant is de nieuwwaarde hoog.

The first version is more symmetrical and compact. The second feels a bit more conversational.

Not always a direct contradiction, but usually a contrast or a presentation of two sides of an issue.

It often means:

• two facts pulling in different directions
• two perspectives
• a balance of advantages and disadvantages

So it is broader than simple contradiction. It is more like considering both sides.

No, that would not be normal Dutch word order.

The natural structure is:

• Enerzijds is de dagwaarde laag.

After the verb is, Dutch normally keeps the subject and complement in their usual order here:

• de dagwaarde = subject
• laag = predicate adjective

So Enerzijds is laag de dagwaarde sounds unnatural and wrong in standard Dutch.

A clearer, fuller version would be:

• Enerzijds is de dagwaarde laag, anderzijds is de nieuwwaarde hoog.

An even more everyday version would be:

• Aan de ene kant is de dagwaarde laag, aan de andere kant is de nieuwwaarde hoog.

If you are still getting comfortable with Dutch word order, those fuller versions are easier to understand and safer to produce yourself.

Yes, three things stand out:

1. Verb-second word order

   • Enerzijds is ...
   • not Enerzijds de dagwaarde is ...

2. Dutch compounds are written as one word

   • dagwaarde
   • nieuwwaarde

3. The second clause can omit repeated words

   • anderzijds de nieuwwaarde hoog
   • where English would usually repeat is

Those are all very typical features of Dutch, so this sentence is a useful example even though it is short.