Aan het

From Fresh Dictionary

Dutch

Particle

zijn + aan het + infinitive

1. Aan het is part of a construction in Dutch to form the continuous aspect. The construction is set up by using the regular conjugation of the auxiliary verb zijn (to be), followed by aan het and the infinitive form of the verb describing the action. Below are a few examples:
   1. {ik ben aan het eten --- I am eating}, as opposed to {ik eet --- I eat},
   2. {ik was aan het eten --- I was eating}, as opposed to {ik at --- I ate}.
   3. {hij is aan het lezen --- he is reading}, as opposed to {hij leest --- he reads}.