Breakdown of Wir planen Ihren Besuch.
wir
we
planen
to plan
Ihren
your (formal, accusative masculine)
der Besuch
the visit / the visitors
Questions & Answers about Wir planen Ihren Besuch.
Why does the word for "your" have an "-en" ending here (Ihren)?
In this sentence, the visit (der Besuch) is the direct object being planned, so it is in the accusative case. Because Besuch is a masculine noun, its possessive word needs the masculine accusative ending -en. That makes the formal word for your (Ihr) become Ihren.
Why is Ihren capitalized in the middle of the sentence?
The capitalized Ihr (and its forms like Ihren) is the formal "your". Capitalizing it is how German distinguishes the formal "your" from the lowercase ihr, which means "her" or "their". This shows the speaker is using the polite Sie form with the listener.
If I want to say "We are planning my visit" or "your (informal) visit", do I also use the "-en" ending?
Exactly! Because Besuch is a masculine noun in the accusative case, all possessive words get that -en ending here. You would say meinen Besuch for "my visit" and deinen Besuch for "your visit" when speaking to a friend.
The English translation says "are planning", but where is the word for "are"?
German does not have a separate "is doing" or "are doing" tense. The single present-tense verb planen covers both "we plan" and "we are planning". You just use the subject wir directly followed by the verb.
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