Word
Gibt es eine andere Möglichkeit?
Meaning
Is there another possibility?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Gibt es eine andere Möglichkeit?
ein
a, an (eine)
es gibt
there is / there are
andere
other, different
die Möglichkeit
the possibility / the option
Questions & Answers about Gibt es eine andere Möglichkeit?
Why is it Gibt es instead of Ist da for "Is there"?
In German, the set phrase for "there is" or "there are" (stating that something exists) is es gibt. To turn it into a question, you simply swap the verb and the pronoun: gibt es.
Does es gibt change depending on whether we're talking about one thing or multiple things?
No, it stays exactly the same! Whether you are asking about one possibility (eine andere Möglichkeit) or several possibilities (andere Möglichkeiten), you will always use gibt es.
Why does andere end in an -e here?
The phrase es gibt always requires the accusative (direct object) case for the thing that exists. Since Möglichkeit is a feminine noun, the word for "a" is eine. After eine, the adjective andere takes the feminine accusative ending, which is -e.
How do I know that Möglichkeit is feminine?
A super helpful rule in German is that all nouns ending in -keit (like Möglichkeit or Süßigkeit) and -heit (like Gesundheit) are always feminine. This means they will always use die as their basic "the" word.