Het dierenpaspoort noemt de vaccinatie en de ontworming.

Because Dutch very often forms compound nouns by writing them as a single word.

• dier = animal
• dieren = animals
• paspoort = passport

So dierenpaspoort literally looks like animal(s)-passport, and in natural English this becomes pet passport or animal passport, depending on context.

The -en in dieren is the plural form, but in compounds it does not always feel strongly plural in translation. Dutch simply prefers one combined noun here.

Dutch has two definite articles:

• de
• het

Which one you use depends on the noun.

In this sentence:

• het dierenpaspoort → paspoort is a het-word
• de vaccinatie → vaccinatie is a de-word
• de ontworming → ontworming is also a de-word

A useful pattern is that nouns ending in -ing are usually de-words, so de ontworming fits that pattern.

You usually just have to learn whether a noun takes de or het, although some endings give useful clues.

The basic verb noemen can mean to call/name, but in this sentence it means to mention, to state, or to list.

So Het dierenpaspoort noemt de vaccinatie en de ontworming means that the animal passport mentions or lists the vaccination and the deworming.

This is similar to how English can use name in a formal sense, as in The report names three causes, but in everyday English mention or list sounds more natural here.

Because the subject is singular: het dierenpaspoort.

Dutch finite verbs change form depending on the subject:

• ik noem = I mention
• jij noemt = you mention
• het dierenpaspoort noemt = the animal passport mentions
• wij noemen = we mention

So noemt is the correct third-person singular form.

Because this is a simple main clause in Dutch, and Dutch main clauses often follow subject + verb + rest:

• Het dierenpaspoort = subject
• noemt = finite verb
• de vaccinatie en de ontworming = object

So the structure is straightforward.

A learner should remember, though, that Dutch word order changes more noticeably in other situations, especially:

• after a word like morgen, dan, nu
• in subordinate clauses
• with multiple verbs

But in this sentence, the order is very close to English.

Ontworming means deworming.

It comes from the verb ontwormen, meaning to deworm. The ending -ing turns the action into a noun, just like in English:

• vaccineren → vaccinatie
• ontwormen → ontworming

So de ontworming is the deworming treatment or the record of that treatment, depending on context.

Yes. The definite article de shows that the sentence is talking about specific items: the vaccination and the deworming that belong in that passport record.

Without context, de vaccinatie en de ontworming sounds like known or relevant procedures already associated with the animal or the document.

If you said een vaccinatie or een ontworming, that would sound more like a vaccination or a deworming, meaning one unspecified instance.

Yes, very close. Vaccinatie means vaccination.

English speakers should notice that many Dutch medical or formal words resemble English because of shared Latin or French roots. That can make them easier to recognize:

• vaccinatie = vaccination
• paspoort = passport

But the article and pronunciation will still be Dutch.

Yes, often you could.

• noemt = mentions / names
• vermeldt = mentions / states / lists in writing

With a document like a passport, vermeldt may even sound slightly more formal or more specifically tied to written information.

So these are both possible in many contexts, but noemt is still perfectly understandable and natural.

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

• dierenpaspoort ≈ DEE-rən-pahs-pohrt
• ontworming ≈ ont-VOR-ming

A few important points:

• ie in dieren sounds like ee
• oo in paspoort is a long vowel, somewhat like the vowel in more, though not exactly the same in all accents
• w in Dutch is not exactly the English w; it is closer to a soft v
• the g sound does not appear in these words, which makes them easier for beginners

These are only rough approximations, but they can help you get started.