Word
Die Mitgliedschaft ist privat und exklusiv.
Meaning
The membership is private and exclusive.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Die Mitgliedschaft ist privat und exklusiv.
sein
to be
und
and
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
privat
private
Questions & Answers about Die Mitgliedschaft ist privat und exklusiv.
Why don't privat and exklusiv have adjective endings here?
In German, adjectives only get endings when they come directly before a noun (like ein privater Club). Here, they are used as predicate adjectives after the verb ist, so they stay in their basic, unaltered form.
How can I easily tell that Mitgliedschaft is feminine?
The suffix -schaft is a big clue! Any German noun ending in -schaft is always feminine and will use the article die. This suffix works exactly like the English suffix -ship in words like membership or friendship.
How do I pronounce the letter v in privat and exklusiv?
In both words, the letter v is pronounced like an English f. While German sometimes uses an English v sound for certain foreign loanwords, both privat and exklusiv strictly use the f sound.
How is the word Mitgliedschaft constructed?
It is built from the noun das Mitglied (member) and the suffix -schaft (-ship). If you want to talk about multiple memberships, just add -en to the end to make it die Mitgliedschaften, which is the standard plural rule for all nouns ending in -schaft.