Het dierenpaspoort noemt het chipnummer.

Because Dutch usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

• dierenpaspoort = dieren
  • paspoort
• chipnummer = chip
  • nummer

This is very normal in Dutch. Where English often uses two words, Dutch often combines them into one noun.

A useful rule:

• the last part is the main noun
• the earlier part or parts describe it

So:

• dierenpaspoort is a kind of paspoort
• chipnummer is a kind of nummer

This is because Dutch compounds often use a linking form such as -en.

So dierenpaspoort is built from:

• dier = animal
• -en- = linking element
• paspoort = passport

In many cases, this looks like a plural, and historically it often is connected to one, but in compounds you should often just learn the whole form as a fixed word.

Important: dierenpaspoort is still singular here. The subject is het dierenpaspoort, and that is why the verb is singular: noemt.

Because both nouns are het-words.

• het paspoort
• het nummer

In Dutch compounds, the gender of the whole compound usually comes from the last word.

So:

• dierenpaspoort is a het-word because paspoort is a het-word
• chipnummer is a het-word because nummer is a het-word

That is why the sentence has:

• het dierenpaspoort
• het chipnummer

Because the subject is third-person singular: het dierenpaspoort.

The verb is noemen. In the present tense:

• ik noem
• jij noemt
• hij/zij/het noemt
• wij/jullie/zij noemen

Since het dierenpaspoort functions like it, you use noemt.

That is a very common question. Noemen can indeed mean to call/name, but it can also mean to mention, to state, or to list, depending on context.

In this sentence, noemt does not mean that the passport is giving the chip number a name. It means something more like:

• mentions
• states
• gives
• lists

So this is a normal extended use of noemen.

No, this is the basic Dutch main-clause order:

subject + verb + object

• Het dierenpaspoort = subject
• noemt = verb
• het chipnummer = object

So the structure is very straightforward.

Because the whole noun is a single compound word, and the head of the noun is paspoort.

So the full subject is:

• het dierenpaspoort = one animal passport

The dieren part does not make the whole noun plural. It is just part of the compound.

You can see it is singular because:

• it takes het
• it uses the singular verb noemt

If it were plural, you would expect something like:

• de dierenpaspoorten noemen ...

In Dutch compounds, the last part is usually the main part.

So in:

• dierenpaspoort, the main word is paspoort
• chipnummer, the main word is nummer

That means:

• a dierenpaspoort is a type of passport
• a chipnummer is a type of number

This rule is very useful in Dutch because it helps you understand long compound words.

Yes. Depending on style and context, Dutch might also use verbs like:

• vermeldt = mentions / states
• geeft = gives
• bevat = contains

For example:

• Het dierenpaspoort vermeldt het chipnummer.

That can sound a bit more formal or administrative. But noemt is still understandable and grammatical.

It is a compound noun:

• chip = chip, here usually a microchip
• nummer = number

So chipnummer means the identification number of the chip, often an animal’s implanted microchip.

This kind of compound is very common in Dutch: a descriptive first part plus a main noun at the end.