Word
Die Zeitschrift glaubt halt jedes Gerücht.
Meaning
The magazine simply believes every rumor.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Die Zeitschrift glaubt halt jedes Gerücht.
glauben
to believe
jeder
everyone / each
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
die Zeitschrift
the magazine
Questions & Answers about Die Zeitschrift glaubt halt jedes Gerücht.
What exactly does the modal particle halt add to the meaning here?
The particle halt acts like a verbal shrug of the shoulders. It shows that something is simply an obvious or unchangeable fact. Here, it translates to 'simply' or 'just' to express that the magazine's habit of believing rumors is typical and can't be helped.
Doesn't the verb glauben usually take the dative case? Why is the object in the accusative here?
You use the dative case when you believe a person (like Ich glaube dir). However, when you believe a thing, fact, or story, like a rumor (das Gerücht), you use the accusative case.
Why is the word for 'every' spelled jedes here instead of jede or jeden?
The word jeder changes its ending to match the gender and case of its noun. Gerücht is a neuter noun (das Gerücht). Because it is the direct object receiving the action (accusative case), the neuter accusative ending is -es, giving us jedes.
Why is halt placed right after the verb?
Modal particles generally belong in the middle of a sentence. They usually come after the conjugated verb (glaubt) and before a direct object like jedes Gerücht. You cannot put them at the very beginning or the very end of the sentence.