Breakdown of Dein Sternzeichen wird deine Karriere beeinflussen.
dein
your (informal)
werden
will (future auxiliary)
das Sternzeichen
the zodiac sign
beeinflussen
to influence
Questions & Answers about Dein Sternzeichen wird deine Karriere beeinflussen.
Why is the verb beeinflussen all the way at the end of the sentence?
This is the standard word order for the future tense (Futur I) in German. The helper verb werden (here conjugated as wird) takes the second position in the sentence, and the main action verb (beeinflussen) gets pushed to the very end in its infinitive (dictionary) form.
Is werden always used to talk about the future in German?
Not always! While werden plus an infinitive is the official future tense, Germans often just use the present tense with a time word (like tomorrow or next year) if the future meaning is already obvious. However, werden is strongly preferred for predictions, assumptions, or promises, just like predicting a horoscope in this sentence.
Why is it dein Sternzeichen but deine Karriere?
This shows how possessive words change based on the gender of the noun. Sternzeichen is a neuter noun (das Sternzeichen), so as the subject of the sentence (nominative case), it just takes dein. Karriere is feminine (die Karriere), and because it is the direct object receiving the action (accusative case), it takes the feminine ending -e, making it deine.
What does the word Sternzeichen literally mean?
It is a compound noun made of two words you might already know: der Stern (the star) and das Zeichen (the sign). So it literally translates to star sign, which is another common way to say zodiac sign in English!