Word
Stimmst du aus Liebe zu?
Meaning
Do you agree out of love?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Stimmst du aus Liebe zu?
du
you (informal singular)
die Liebe
the love
aus
out of (motive)
zustimmen
to agree (with someone or something)
Questions & Answers about Stimmst du aus Liebe zu?
Why do we use aus here instead of vor?
In German, you use aus for a deliberate, conscious motivation, like doing something out of love, habit, or pity. You use vor for involuntary physical or emotional reactions, like shaking from cold or crying from joy. Since agreeing is a conscious choice, aus Liebe is the right fit.
Why is there no article before Liebe?
When aus and vor are used to express the cause or motivation of an action, abstract nouns like Liebe (love), Angst (fear), or Freude (joy) drop their article. This is known as using the zero article.
Why is zu at the very end of the sentence?
It is the prefix of the separable verb zustimmen (to agree). In a yes/no question, the conjugated part of the verb (stimmst) takes the first position, and the separable prefix gets pushed to the very end of the clause.
If I wanted to add "with me," would I use the word mit?
No, the verb zustimmen doesn't use the preposition mit (with). Instead, it directly takes a dative object. To ask "Do you agree with me out of love?", you would simply say: Stimmst du mir aus Liebe zu?