A1 Expression محايد

De zon schijnt

The sun is shining

Phrase in 30 Seconds

A simple, essential way to comment on the sunny weather in Dutch.

  • Means: The sun is shining.
  • Used in: Casual greetings, small talk, or describing the current weather.
  • Don't confuse: 'De zon schijnt' (it is sunny) with 'Het is zonnig' (it is sunny weather).
Sun emoji + happy face = perfect small talk

Explanation at your level:

This phrase means the sun is out. You use it to tell people the weather is nice.
Use 'De zon schijnt' to describe the weather. It is a very common way to start a conversation in the Netherlands.
This is a standard declarative sentence used to report meteorological conditions. It serves as a social lubricant in Dutch culture, where weather is a frequent topic of conversation.
The phrase functions as an observational statement. In Dutch social discourse, commenting on the sun is a conventionalized way to establish rapport and share a collective positive experience.
Syntactically, this is a subject-verb construction. Pragmatically, it functions as an 'phatic' expression, intended to maintain social harmony rather than convey new information, reflecting the cultural salience of sunlight in a maritime climate.
From a cognitive linguistics perspective, this phrase maps the physical state of the environment onto a social frame. It exemplifies the Dutch cultural tendency to externalize internal states through environmental observation, reinforcing communal bonds through shared sensory experience.

المعنى

Commenting on sunny weather.

🌍

خلفية ثقافية

The Dutch are obsessed with weather because it is so unpredictable. Similar to the Dutch, they value sunny days highly.

💡

Pronunciation

Practice the 'sch' sound carefully.

المعنى

Commenting on sunny weather.

💡

Pronunciation

Practice the 'sch' sound carefully.

اختبر نفسك

Complete the sentence.

Kijk, de zon ____!

✓ صحيح! ✗ ليس تمامًا. الإجابة الصحيحة: schijnt

The subject is 'de zon' (it), so we use the third-person singular.

🎉 النتيجة: /1

الأسئلة الشائعة

1 أسئلة

No, it is neutral and very common.

عبارات ذات صلة

🔄

Het is zonnig

synonym

It is sunny

أين تستخدمها

🌳

Walking in the park

Friend: Kijk, de zon schijnt!

You: Eindelijk!

informal
☕

Office break

Colleague: De zon schijnt buiten.

You: Laten we even naar buiten gaan.

neutral

Memorize It

Mnemonic

Think of 'Sun' and 'Shine'—they sound similar to 'Zon' and 'Schijnt'.

Visual Association

Imagine a bright yellow sun breaking through dark Dutch clouds.

Rhyme

De zon schijnt, iedereen is blij en ontspant.

Story

I walked outside. It was grey. Suddenly, the clouds moved. De zon schijnt! I smiled.

Word Web

zonschijnenweerluchtwarmzonnig

تحدٍّ

Say this phrase to a friend every time you see the sun this week.

In Other Languages

Spanish high

El sol brilla

None, it is a direct cognate structure.

French high

Le soleil brille

Verb choice.

German high

Die Sonne scheint

Minimal phonetic differences.

Japanese moderate

太陽が輝いている (Taiyō ga kagayaite iru)

Grammatical structure is SOV.

Arabic moderate

الشمس تشرق (Ash-shams tushriq)

Verb conjugation and gender agreement.

Easily Confused

De zon schijnt مقابل Het schijnt dat...

Learners think it means 'The sun shines that...'

It actually means 'It seems that...'

الأسئلة الشائعة (1)

No, it is neutral and very common.

هل كان هذا مفيداً؟

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