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Es gibt vier Jahreszeiten.

Es gibt vier Jahreszeiten.
There are four seasons.
From Lesson 75:The four seasons (Frühling, Sommer)·German

Questions & Answers about Es gibt vier Jahreszeiten.

Why use Es gibt for "There are"? Shouldn't it be plural?
In German, the phrase es gibt translates to both "there is" and "there are". You don't make the verb plural for multiple things. It is always es gibt, no matter how many things follow it.
How is the word Jahreszeiten put together?
It is a classic German compound noun! It combines Jahr (year) and Zeiten (times, plural of Zeit), connected by an -es- in the middle. Literally, it means "times of the year".
What is the singular form of Jahreszeiten?
The singular form is die Jahreszeit (the season). In German compound nouns, the gender always comes from the very last word. Because it ends in die Zeit, which is feminine, the whole word is feminine.
Doesn't es gibt normally change the case of the words that follow it?
Yes, es gibt always requires the accusative case! However, for plural words like vier Jahreszeiten, the accusative form looks exactly the same as the basic nominative form. Because of this, it doesn't visibly change.

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