Breakdown of Die Blume ist so schön.
sein
to be
die Blume
the flower
schön
beautiful
so
so, such (intensifier)
Questions & Answers about Die Blume ist so schön.
This sentence uses die (the). How would I change it to say a flower is so beautiful?
You would say Eine Blume ist so schön. Because Blume is a feminine noun, you use the feminine indefinite article eine instead of the masculine or neuter ein that you are currently learning.
Why is the word just schön and not schöne since Blume is feminine?
In German, adjectives only get special feminine, masculine, or neuter endings when they are placed directly in front of a noun. When they come after the verb, like schön comes after ist here, they simply stay in their basic dictionary form.
What if I cannot type the letter ö in schön on my English keyboard?
You can type an e after the o instead. Writing schoen is the official alternative in German and is perfectly correct if you do not have an umlaut key.
I have seen schön translated as nice before. Does it mean nice or beautiful?
It can mean both! Depending on what you are describing, schön can translate to beautiful, pretty, or just generally pleasant and nice.
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