Word
Ich werde nie an ein Horoskop glauben.
Meaning
I will never believe in a horoscope.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Ich werde nie an ein Horoskop glauben.
Why is glauben at the very end of the sentence?
This is the standard word order for the future tense (Futur I) in German. The helping verb werden (here conjugated as werde) takes the second position, and the main verb (glauben) gets pushed to the very end of the sentence in its dictionary form (infinitive).
Why does the sentence use an to mean "in"?
In German, the verb "to believe in [something]" is glauben an. Prepositions rarely translate word-for-word between English and German, so it is best to memorize the combination glauben an as a set phrase.
What case is ein Horoskop here?
It is in the accusative case. The preposition an is a "two-way" preposition, but when it is used as a fixed part of a verb phrase like glauben an, it always forces the following noun into the accusative case. Since Horoskop is a neuter noun, the article remains ein.
Why does nie come before an ein Horoskop?
In German, time words and adverbs like nie (never) generally come before prepositional phrases. Additionally, because this is the future tense, nie cannot go at the very end of the sentence, because the infinitive verb glauben claims that final spot.