Word
Ich plane Ihren Termin und das Treffen.
Meaning
I am planning your appointment and the meeting.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ich plane Ihren Termin und das Treffen.
ich
I
und
and
der Termin
the appointment
planen
to plan
Questions & Answers about Ich plane Ihren Termin und das Treffen.
Why is it Ihren Termin with an -en at the end?
In this sentence, the appointment is the direct object—the thing you are planning. This puts it in the accusative case. Since Termin is a masculine noun (der Termin), the formal word for "your" (Ihr) takes the masculine accusative ending -en, making it Ihren.
Why is Ihren capitalized in the middle of the sentence?
The formal "your" (Ihr, Ihre, Ihren) is always capitalized in German. This helps you tell it apart from the lowercase ihr, which can mean "her", "their", or "you all".
Why doesn't das Treffen change in the accusative case like Ihren Termin did?
Only masculine nouns change their "the", "a", or "your" words in the accusative case. Treffen is a neuter noun (das Treffen). For neuter and feminine words, the accusative case looks exactly the same as the basic dictionary form.
The English translation says "I am planning". Why isn't there a word for "am" in the German sentence?
German doesn't have a separate "-ing" tense to express ongoing actions. The simple present tense Ich plane covers both "I plan" and "I am planning". Trying to translate "am" by adding a word like bin into this sentence would be incorrect in German.