Breakdown of Die Touristen fotografieren die Sehenswürdigkeit.
fotografieren
to photograph
der Tourist
the tourist
die Sehenswürdigkeit
the tourist attraction, sight
Questions & Answers about Die Touristen fotografieren die Sehenswürdigkeit.
"Sehenswürdigkeit" is such a long word! How can I break it down to remember it?
It is a classic German compound word! It is made of sehen (to see), würdig (worthy), and the suffix -keit (which turns an adjective into a noun). So it literally means a thing that is "worthy to see" — a sight or tourist attraction.
How do I know the gender of "Sehenswürdigkeit"?
The word ends in -keit. In German, every single noun that ends in -keit (or its twin, -heit) is feminine and uses the article die.
Is "Touristen" just the plural form, or is something else going on?
It is the plural form here (die Touristen). The singular is masculine: der Tourist. Words for people ending in -ist (like der Polizist or der Journalist) always add -en to form the plural.
What is the spoken past tense (Perfekt) of "fotografieren"? Does it get a "ge-"?
No, verbs ending in -ieren are an exception and never take the ge- prefix in the past participle. The past tense of this sentence is: Die Touristen haben die Sehenswürdigkeit fotografiert.
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