Breakdown of Der Doppelgänger ist mir sehr ähnlich und das Aussehen ist lustig.
sein
to be
und
and
sehr
very
mir
me / to me (dative)
lustig
funny
der Doppelgänger
the doppelganger
ähnlich
similar
das Aussehen
the appearance
Questions & Answers about Der Doppelgänger ist mir sehr ähnlich und das Aussehen ist lustig.
Why do we use the dative pronoun mir here instead of the accusative mich?
The adjective ähnlich (similar) belongs to a specific group of adjectives that govern the dative case. It directly takes a dative object to show who or what something is similar to. Instead of using a preposition like in English ('similar to me'), German simply uses the dative pronoun mir.
Why is mir placed before sehr ähnlich rather than after it?
When an adjective takes a dative object, the dative pronoun or noun usually comes before the adjective it belongs to. While English says 'similar to me', German phrases it as 'to me similar' (mir ähnlich).
Why does the word Aussehen have a capital letter and the article das?
Here, the infinitive verb aussehen (to look or appear) has been turned into a noun meaning 'the appearance'. Whenever you turn a whole German infinitive into a noun, it is always capitalized and always takes the neuter article das.
English uses the word 'doppelganger' too. Is it exactly the same in German?
Yes, English borrowed this word directly from German! It literally translates to 'double-walker'. Just make sure to capitalize it because it is a noun, and always include the umlaut over the a (ä) when writing it in German.
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