Het dierenpaspoort noemt de ontworming en de castratie.

Because the main noun is paspoort, and paspoort is a het-word in Dutch.

In Dutch compounds, the last part determines the gender and article of the whole word. So:

• het paspoort
• therefore het dierenpaspoort

Even though dieren comes first, it does not affect whether the article is de or het.

Dutch normally writes compound nouns as one word, much more often than English does.

So where English might write:

• animal passport
• pet passport

Dutch usually combines the parts:

• dierenpaspoort

This is very normal in Dutch. The final part, paspoort, is the core noun, and dieren- adds extra information.

This is a common question because Dutch compounds do not always use the singular form.

Here, dieren is the plural of dier. In many compounds, Dutch uses a plural-looking first element, even when the meaning is not literally plural in English.

So dierenpaspoort means something like:

• passport for animals
• animal passport
• pet passport

This does not necessarily mean there are several animals involved in the specific situation. It is just the established compound form.

Not here. The verb noemen can mean different things depending on context.

Common meanings include:

• to call / to name
• to mention
• to list

In this sentence, noemt means something like mentions or lists.

So Het dierenpaspoort noemt de ontworming en de castratie means that the animal passport mentions or records those procedures.

Because noemt is the present tense form used with a third-person singular subject.

The subject is het dierenpaspoort, which is singular, so the verb must be singular too:

• ik noem
• jij noemt
• hij/zij/het noemt
• het dierenpaspoort noemt

So noemt matches the singular subject.

Because Dutch main clauses normally follow the verb-second rule.

In a regular statement, the finite verb usually comes in the second position:

• Het dierenpaspoort noemt de ontworming en de castratie.

Here:

1. Het dierenpaspoort = first element
2. noemt = finite verb in second position

This is one of the most important Dutch word order patterns.

Because both nouns are treated as definite singular nouns here:

• de ontworming
• de castratie

These are both de-woorden.

The sentence is referring to those procedures as specific recorded items in the passport, so the definite article is natural.

Also, in Dutch, when you coordinate two nouns with en, each noun often keeps its own article if both are separately identified:

• de ontworming en de castratie

Ontworming means deworming.

It is a noun formed from the verb ontwormen = to deworm.

You can break it down like this:

• ontwormen = to deworm
• ontworming = deworming / the deworming treatment

The ending -ing often turns a verb into a noun in Dutch, similar to English -ing in some cases.

Yes, castratie is a normal and standard Dutch word for castration, especially in medical or veterinary contexts.

You may also sometimes see related forms, but castratie is very common and natural here.

So in this sentence:

• de castratie = the castration

In practice, dierenpaspoort often refers to what English speakers would call a pet passport, especially for domestic animals like dogs and cats.

Literally, it is animal passport, but in real-life use it often refers to the document containing medical and identification details for a pet.

So depending on context, a learner may understand it as:

• animal passport
• pet passport

Because the sentence is referring to each procedure as a single item or event.

So:

• de ontworming = the deworming
• de castratie = the castration

If the sentence were talking about multiple dewormings or multiple castrations, Dutch would use plural forms, but that would be unusual here.

In a passport or medical record, these are often listed as procedure names or treatment entries, so singular is the natural form.

Yes. Depending on the exact nuance, Dutch might also use verbs such as:

• vermeldt = mentions, states, records
• beschrijft = describes
• geeft aan = indicates

In fact, vermeldt would often sound a bit more formal or document-like than noemt.

So a sentence like:

• Het dierenpaspoort vermeldt de ontworming en de castratie.

would also be very natural.

Yes. It sounds fairly neutral and slightly formal, especially because it refers to information in a document.

Words like:

• dierenpaspoort
• ontworming
• castratie

all fit well in administrative, veterinary, or official written language.

So this sentence would sound quite normal in a document-related context.