Breakdown of Genau ein Viertel der Leute findet den Snack zu salzig.
ein
a, an (eine)
die Leute
the people
finden
to find
zu
too (e.g., too big)
Questions & Answers about Genau ein Viertel der Leute findet den Snack zu salzig.
Why is Viertel capitalized here?
How do you form fraction nouns like Viertel from regular numbers?
To make a fraction noun, you generally add -tel to numbers up to 19 (like Fünftel for fifth) and -stel to numbers 20 and above (like Zwanzigstel for twentieth).
Why is the verb findet in the singular form when the sentence is about multiple people?
What grammatical case is der Leute, and why is it used here?
It is in the genitive case, which translates to 'of the people'. While you will often hear von den Leuten (using von plus the dative case) in casual spoken German, using the genitive is the standard and more elegant way to link a group to a fraction.