Word
De webwinkel bevestigde dat het pakket was zoekgeraakt.
Meaning
The online shop confirmed that the parcel had gone missing.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of De webwinkel bevestigde dat het pakket was zoekgeraakt.
zijn
to be
dat
that
bevestigen
to confirm
het pakket
the parcel
Questions & Answers about De webwinkel bevestigde dat het pakket was zoekgeraakt.
What does webwinkel mean, and is it a normal Dutch word?
Yes. Webwinkel is a very normal Dutch word for an online store / webshop.
It is a compound:
- web = web / internet
- winkel = shop / store
So literally it means web store. You will also see webshop, but webwinkel is standard Dutch.
Why is it de webwinkel but het pakket?
Dutch nouns take either de or het as their definite article.
- de webwinkel → webwinkel is a de-word
- het pakket → pakket is a het-word
For many nouns, you simply have to learn the article with the noun. English speakers often want a rule, but in many cases it is just vocabulary you memorize.
What form is bevestigde?