Word
Meld een zoekgeraakte bestelling direct bij de webwinkel.
Meaning
Report a lost order directly to the online shop.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Meld een zoekgeraakte bestelling direct bij de webwinkel.
bij
at
de bestelling
the order
direct
immediately
de webwinkel
the online shop
Questions & Answers about Meld een zoekgeraakte bestelling direct bij de webwinkel.
Why does the sentence begin with Meld?
Because meld is an imperative form: it gives an instruction or command, like Report ... in English.
The base verb is melden = to report.
In the imperative, Dutch often uses just the verb stem:
- melden → meld
So Meld een zoekgeraakte bestelling ... means Report a missing/lost order ...
Dutch imperatives often leave out the subject, just like English:
- Come here.
- Read this.
- Report it immediately.
Why is there no subject like je, u, or jij in the sentence?
In Dutch, imperatives normally do not need an explicit subject.
So instead of saying:
- Jij meldt ...
- U meldt ...
you simply say:
- Meld ...
This is the normal way to give instructions on websites, signs, manuals, and customer-service pages.
If you want to make it explicitly polite, Dutch can use:
- Meldt u een zoekgeraakte bestelling direct bij de webwinkel.
But the shorter Meld ... is very common in general instructions.
What exactly is ?