Breakdown of Wegen eines lokalen Betriebs hat er viel Verantwortung.
ein
a, an (eine)
er
he
haben
to have
viel
much / a lot
wegen
because of
der Betrieb
the business
lokal
local
die Verantwortung
the responsibility
Questions & Answers about Wegen eines lokalen Betriebs hat er viel Verantwortung.
Why does lokalen end in -en here?
The preposition wegen (because of) requires the Genitive case. Since der Betrieb is masculine, the indefinite article becomes eines. In the Genitive case, any adjective following an indefinite article always takes the -en ending.
Why is there an -s at the end of Betriebs?
Because der Betrieb is a masculine noun. In the Genitive case, most masculine and neuter nouns add an -s or -es to the end of the word.
Why does the verb hat come before the subject er?
The sentence starts with the prepositional phrase Wegen eines lokalen Betriebs, which takes up the entire first position. Because the conjugated verb must always sit in the second position in a regular German sentence, the subject er gets pushed to the third position.
Why is it viel Verantwortung instead of viele Verantwortung?
Verantwortung (responsibility) is an uncountable noun. When viel (much/a lot of) is used with singular, uncountable nouns, it doesn't take an ending. You only add an ending to make it viele when you are talking about countable plural nouns, like viele Betriebe (many businesses).
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