De dokter geeft medisch advies.

to give

Breakdown of De dokter geeft medisch advies.

• het advies: the advice
• de dokter: the doctor
• medisch: medical

Questions & Answers about De dokter geeft medisch advies.

Why is the article de used before dokter instead of het?

In Dutch, dokter is a common‑gender noun (a “de‑woord”), so it always takes de. Only neuter nouns (often “het‑woorden” like huis, boek, advies) take het.

Why doesn’t medisch have an ‑e ending (as in medische advies)?

Dutch adjective inflection depends on gender, number and definiteness:

• advies is a neuter noun (het advies)
• Here it’s indefinite and has no article
  Rule: before an indefinite singular neuter noun, adjectives keep their base form (no ‑e).
  If the noun were definite (het advies) you’d say het medische advies.

Can advies be plural? How do you express “pieces of advice”?

Generally, advies is a mass noun and has no plural. However, you can use adviezen if you really want a plural (“multiple advices”), but it’s less common. More natural is to stay singular or say verschillende adviezen or goede adviezen.

How would you include the patient in the sentence? Where does the indirect object go?