Dit bier smaakt verrassend goed.

This beer tastes surprisingly good.

Breakdown of Dit bier smaakt verrassend goed.

• goed: good
• dit: this
• smaken: to taste
• verrassend: surprisingly

Questions & Answers about Dit bier smaakt verrassend goed.

Why is it dit bier and not deze bier?

Because bier is a het-word: het bier.

For singular nouns:

• dit is used with het-words
• deze is used with de-words

So:

• dit bier
• deze wijn
• deze auto

In the plural, Dutch always uses deze:

• deze bieren

Why is there no article before bier?

Because dit already functions as the determiner. It works like English this in this beer.

So you say:

• dit bier not
• dit het bier

Just like in English, you would not say this the beer.

What form is smaakt?