Breakdown of Het bestelnummer staat onder de track-en-tracecode.
staan
to stand
onder
under
de track-en-tracecode
the tracking code
het bestelnummer
the order number
Questions & Answers about Het bestelnummer staat onder de track-en-tracecode.
Why is it het bestelnummer but de track-en-tracecode?
Dutch nouns have grammatical gender, and that determines which definite article they take.
- het bestelnummer uses het
- de track-en-tracecode uses de
There is not always a simple rule you can see from the meaning alone, so you often have to learn the article with the noun.
A useful extra point: in Dutch compounds, the last part usually determines the gender/article.
- bestelnummer ends in nummer, and het nummer is correct, so the whole compound is het bestelnummer
- track-en-tracecode ends in code, and de code is correct, so the whole compound is de track-en-tracecode
What does bestelnummer consist of?
It is a compound noun:
- bestel = order / ordering
- nummer = number
So bestelnummer literally means order number.
Dutch very often combines words into one longer noun, where English would often use two separate words.
Why does the sentence use staat instead of is?