Word
Das Spiel ist am sechsten Oktober.
Meaning
The game is on the sixth of October.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Das Spiel ist am sechsten Oktober.
sein
to be
das Spiel
the game/match
der Oktober
October
am
on the / at the
Questions & Answers about Das Spiel ist am sechsten Oktober.
Why does it say sechsten with an -en at the end instead of just sechste?
The word am hides the dative word dem inside it. In the dative case, ordinal numbers get an -en ending just like regular adjectives do. So, the base word sechste (sixth) changes to sechsten.
Why do we use am before the date?
To say that something happens "on" a specific date or day of the week, German uses am. It is a combined, short version of an dem (on the).
Can I just say an dem sechsten Oktober instead?
While am literally means an dem, it sounds quite robotic to say the two separate words. Native speakers almost always combine them into am when talking about dates.
Why is Oktober capitalized?
Just like all other months, days of the week, and seasons, Oktober is a noun. In German, every single noun must start with a capital letter.