Breakdown of Mein neuer Herd ist noch sauber.
sein
to be
neu
new
mein
my
noch
still / yet
der Herd
the stove
sauber
clean
Questions & Answers about Mein neuer Herd ist noch sauber.
Why does the adjective neuer end in -er here?
In German, when an adjective comes right before a noun, it needs a specific ending. Here, Herd (stove) is a masculine noun acting as the subject (nominative case). Because the possessive word mein doesn't have an ending that shows the masculine gender, the adjective has to do the work. It takes the strong -er ending to show the masculine gender, similar to the word der.
Could I say meiner neue Herd instead to show the gender on the first word?
Why doesn't the word sauber get an ending like neuer?
Adjectives only get endings when they are placed directly before the noun they describe (like neuer Herd). When an adjective comes after the verb to describe the subject (like ist noch sauber), it is called a predicate adjective and always stays in its base dictionary form without any endings.
What does noch mean in this sentence?
In this sentence, noch means still, showing that the stove is currently clean but might not stay that way! You will also see noch used in other common A1/A2 phrases like noch ein (one more / another) or noch nicht (not yet).
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