Word
Wer hat die Antwort gewusst?
Meaning
Who knew the answer?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Wer hat die Antwort gewusst?
haben
to have
wer
who
die Antwort
the answer
wissen
to know (a fact)
Questions & Answers about Wer hat die Antwort gewusst?
Why does the past participle gewusst have a 'u' and end in '-t'?
This is from the verb wissen (to know a fact). It is a 'mixed' verb, meaning its past participle mixes rules from both regular and irregular verbs: it gets a '-t' ending like a regular verb, but its vowel changes from 'i' to 'u' like an irregular verb.
Why do we use hat with the question word Wer?
In German, the question word Wer (who) is treated as a third-person singular subject. Just like you would say 'he has' (er hat), you say Wer hat.
Why is gewusst at the very end of the sentence?
This is the standard word order for the Perfekt (spoken past) tense. The helping verb (hat) takes the second position, and the past participle (gewusst) is kicked to the very end of the sentence.
Is die Antwort the subject of this sentence?
No, the subject is Wer (Who). die Antwort is the direct object (the thing that was known). Because Antwort is a feminine noun, its accusative (direct object) word for 'the' is die, which looks exactly the same as its subject form.