Learn German: Im Dezember schneit es wieder. - In December it snows again.

In German, months are masculine nouns like der Dezember. When you talk about something happening in a specific month, you use the dative case for time. The preposition in merges with the dative article dem to create the contraction im. You will use im for every single month of the year!

Why is the word order schneit es rather than es schneit?

This happens because of the German verb-second rule. The time phrase Im Dezember occupies the first position in the sentence. The verb schneit must take the second position, which forces the subject es to move to the third position right after the verb.

Does es schneit mean it snows or it is snowing?

It means both! German does not have a continuous tense like the English -ing form. Depending on the context, es schneit can be translated as either it snows or it is snowing.

Are all months capitalized like Dezember is here?

Yes! All months, days of the week, and seasons are nouns in German. Since every noun in German must be capitalized, months like Dezember always start with a capital letter.