Word
Der Star, eine echte Berühmtheit, kommt zur Premiere.
Meaning
The star, a real celebrity, is coming to the premiere.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Der Star, eine echte Berühmtheit, kommt zur Premiere.
ein
a, an (eine)
kommen
to come
zur
to the (zu + der)
der Star
the star / the celebrity (famous person)
Questions & Answers about Der Star, eine echte Berühmtheit, kommt zur Premiere.
Why is eine echte Berühmtheit in the nominative case?
It is an apposition, which is a descriptive noun phrase placed right next to another noun. A key rule for appositions is that they must match the case of the noun they describe. Because Der Star is the subject of the sentence (nominative), the apposition eine echte Berühmtheit must also be in the nominative case.
Der Star is masculine, but eine Berühmtheit is feminine. Do appositions not need to match the gender?
Exactly! An apposition must agree with the case of the noun it describes, but it keeps its own grammatical gender. Words ending in -heit are always feminine, so it is always die Berühmtheit, regardless of the gender of the person or noun it refers to.
Why does the adjective echte end in -e here?
It follows the adjective ending rules for coming after an indefinite article (eine). Since Berühmtheit is a feminine noun in the nominative case, the adjective modifying it takes the -e ending.
Why do we say zur Premiere instead of just zu Premiere or zu der Premiere?