Questions & Answers about Ihr Herz ist stark.
Why is the word for "her" here Ihr without an -e at the end?
Possessive words like ihr (her) change their endings based on the gender of the noun they belong to. The word Herz (heart) is neuter (das Herz). In the subject position (nominative case), the possessive word for a neuter noun doesn't get an extra ending. If the word were feminine, like die Mutter (the mother), it would be ihre Mutter.
Since Ihr is at the beginning of the sentence, could it mean something other than "her"?
Yes! The word ihr can mean "her" or "their", and when capitalized as Ihr, it means the formal "your". Since the first word of a sentence is always capitalized, Ihr Herz ist stark could also mean "Their heart is strong" or "Your heart is strong." You would know which one is meant from the surrounding conversation.
Why doesn't the adjective stark (strong) have an ending, like starkes?
In German, adjectives only get those special endings when they are placed directly in front of a noun, like in ein starkes Herz (a strong heart). When an adjective comes after a verb like ist (is) to describe the subject, it always stays in its basic, un-ended dictionary form.
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