Breakdown of Der Mann wohnt nicht mehr in der Stadt.
der Mann
the man
wohnen
to live
in
in
die Stadt
the city
nicht mehr
no longer, not any more
Questions & Answers about Der Mann wohnt nicht mehr in der Stadt.
Why does nicht mehr mean 'no longer'? I thought mehr means 'more'.
You are right that mehr usually means 'more'. However, when you combine nicht and mehr into the fixed phrase nicht mehr, it translates to 'not anymore' or 'no longer'. You use it to talk about an action that was happening but has now stopped.
Why is it in der Stadt? Isn't the word for city die Stadt?
Yes, Stadt is a feminine noun (die Stadt). But the preposition in here describes a fixed location (where someone is living). This triggers the dative case, which changes the feminine 'the' from die to der.
How would I change this sentence to the Perfekt tense to say 'The man no longer lived in the city'?
To put this in the Perfekt tense, you need the helper verb haben (to have) and the past participle of wohnen (to live). For a regular verb like wohnen, you add ge- at the beginning and -t at the end to make gewohnt. The helper verb takes the second position, and the past participle goes to the very end: Der Mann hat nicht mehr in der Stadt gewohnt.
Could I use the verb leben instead of wohnen in this sentence?
Yes, but there is a slight difference in focus. wohnen is specifically about where you reside or have your physical housing (like an apartment). leben is the broader concept of being alive and spending your life somewhere. Both work perfectly well when talking about living in a city!
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