Word
De zesde dag begint.
Meaning
The sixth day begins.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about De zesde dag begint.
Why does the sentence start with de?
De is the definite article, meaning the.
In De zesde dag begint, de goes with zesde dag = the sixth day.
A learner might also wonder why it is de dag and not het dag. That is because dag is a de-word in Dutch:
- de dag = the day
- een dag = a day
What does zesde mean, and why doesn’t it look like zes?
Zesde means sixth.
- zes = six
- zesde = sixth
This is an ordinal number. Dutch usually forms ordinals by adding -de or -ste:
- vier → vierde = fourth
- vijf → vijfde = fifth
- zes → zesde = sixth
So de zesde dag means the sixth day.
Why is it begint and not beginnen or begin?