Word
Der Single ist heute traurig.
Meaning
The single is sad today.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Der Single ist heute traurig.
sein
to be
heute
today
traurig
sad
der Single
the single (person)
Questions & Answers about Der Single ist heute traurig.
Why is Single treated as a masculine noun here?
In German, many English loanwords take the masculine gender by default. When talking about a person who isn't in a relationship, der Single is the standard term, even if you are talking about a woman (though you might sometimes hear die Single in that specific case). And like all German nouns, it is capitalized!
Is Single pronounced with a German sound or like it is in English?
It is pronounced exactly as it is in English. German has adopted many English words into its everyday vocabulary, and they typically keep their original English pronunciation.
Why does heute come before traurig? Could I say 'Der Single ist traurig heute'?
While people might understand you, it sounds unnatural. In German sentence structure, time words like heute (today) usually sit right after the conjugated verb. Predicate adjectives describing a state, like traurig (sad), are pushed to the very end of the sentence.