Word
Einige gute Sachbücher haben einen langen Titel.
Meaning
Some good non-fiction books have a long title.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Einige gute Sachbücher haben einen langen Titel.
ein
a, an (eine)
gut
good / well
haben
to have
lang
long
Questions & Answers about Einige gute Sachbücher haben einen langen Titel.
Why is the adjective ending in gute just -e and not -en after einige?
Words like einige, viele, and mehrere act like regular adjectives in the plural, not like definite articles. Because they don't act as a strong article, the adjective following them has to take the strong ending itself. The strong ending for the nominative plural is -e, so we say einige gute Sachbücher. If you used alle or beide instead, they act like definite articles, so the adjective would take the weak -en ending: alle guten Sachbücher.
What gender is Titel and why does it have the ending -en twice in einen langen Titel?
Titel is a masculine noun (der Titel). In this sentence, it is the direct object of the verb haben, so it is in the accusative case. The indefinite article changes to einen, and masculine adjectives in the accusative case always take the -en ending, giving us einen langen Titel.
How is the word Sachbücher formed?
It is a compound noun combining die Sache (the thing, matter, or factual subject) and das Buch (the book). In German, Sachbuch is the standard word for a non-fiction book. When making it plural, only the final word in the compound changes, which is why it becomes Sachbücher.