In het weekend is onze ochtendroutine korter, omdat we langer uitslapen.

On the weekend our morning routine is shorter, because we sleep in longer.

Breakdown of In het weekend is onze ochtendroutine korter, omdat we langer uitslapen.

• zijn: to be
• wij: we
• in: in
• het weekend: the weekend

Questions & Answers about In het weekend is onze ochtendroutine korter, omdat we langer uitslapen.

Why is it “In het weekend” and not something like “op het weekend” or “during the weekend”?

Dutch normally uses in with weekend to mean “on/during the weekend”:

• In het weekend = on the weekend / at the weekend / during the weekend

Using op (op het weekend) is not standard in the Netherlands; you may encounter it in some Belgian varieties, but in het weekend is the “safe” standard form.

Note that in het weekend can mean both:

• a specific coming weekend: “In het weekend doen we iets leuks.”
• a habitual action: “In het weekend is onze ochtendroutine korter.” (every weekend, generally)

Why “het weekend” and not “de weekend”?

In Dutch, “weekend” is a het-word (neuter noun), so you say:

• het weekend (singular)
• de weekenden (plural)

There’s no rule you can deduce from the English; you simply have to learn each Dutch noun with its article. So you learn het weekend as a fixed combination.

Why does the verb “is” come right after “In het weekend”? Couldn’t it be later?