Word
Der Sommer ist meine Jahreszeit.
Meaning
Summer is my season.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Der Sommer ist meine Jahreszeit.
sein
to be
mein
my
der Sommer
the summer
die Jahreszeit
the season (of the year)
Questions & Answers about Der Sommer ist meine Jahreszeit.
Why does the sentence say Der Sommer instead of just Sommer?
In German, seasons always take a definite article. All four seasons (Frühling, Sommer, Herbst, Winter) are masculine. While English just says 'Summer is my season', German literally says 'The summer is my season'.
How is the word Jahreszeit built?
It is a compound noun made from das Jahr (the year) and die Zeit (the time), connected by an extra 's'. It literally translates to 'year-time' or 'time of the year'.
Why do we use meine instead of mein here?
The possessive word needs an '-e' ending to match the gender of the noun. In German compound words, the very last word always determines the gender. Because it is die Zeit (feminine), the whole word is die Jahreszeit, so you must use the feminine form meine.
What case are Der Sommer and meine Jahreszeit in?
They are both in the nominative case. The verb ist (a form of sein / to be) acts like an equals sign. It connects two things that are the same, so both the subject and the noun it equals stay in the nominative case rather than switching to accusative.