Questions & Answers about Dat nieuws brak echt mijn hart.
Both dat and dit can mean that/this, but they depend on distance or emphasis.
- dit nieuws = this news (closer, more immediate)
- dat nieuws = that news (farther away, or referring back to something already mentioned)
So Dat nieuws brak echt mijn hart usually means That news really broke my heart, referring to some specific news already known in the conversation.
Because nieuws is a het-word in Dutch: het nieuws.
For singular nouns:
- de-word → deze / die
- het-word → dit / dat
So:
- het nieuws
- dit nieuws
- dat nieuws
That is why die nieuws would be incorrect.