Breakdown of Unser Planet, die Erde, ist am schönsten.
sein
to be
schön
beautiful
unser
our
der Planet
the planet
Questions & Answers about Unser Planet, die Erde, ist am schönsten.
Why do we say am schönsten instead of just schönsten?
When a superlative adjective comes after the verb (like ist here) and describes the subject, it always uses the structure am ...-sten. So, schön (beautiful) becomes am schönsten (the most beautiful).
Are there any spelling changes when forming the superlative of schön?
Just adding -sten! Some adjectives add an umlaut in their comparative and superlative forms (like kalt becoming am kältesten). However, schön already has an umlaut, so you just add the standard ending.
Why is it Unser Planet and not Unsere Planet?
Planet is a masculine noun in German (der Planet). Since it is the subject of the sentence (in the nominative case), the possessive word unser (our) takes no extra ending. If it were a feminine noun, you would use unsere.
Why does the sentence use commas around die Erde?
Commas are used here to insert extra information that renames or clarifies the noun right before it. die Erde (the Earth) is simply clarifying which exact planet we mean by Unser Planet.