Word
Das Entkernen kostet viel Mühe.
Meaning
Pitting takes a lot of effort.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Das Entkernen kostet viel Mühe.
viel
much / a lot
kosten
to cost
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
entkernen
to pit
Questions & Answers about Das Entkernen kostet viel Mühe.
Why is Entkernen capitalized, and how is the word built?
Entkernen is a nominalized verb (a verb turned into a noun), which is why it takes a capital letter and the neuter article das. It comes from the noun der Kern (the core, pit, or seed). The prefix ent- indicates removing something, so entkernen means to remove the pit.
Doesn't kostet usually mean costs? Why is it translated as takes here?
Yes, kosten is most often used for money, but German also uses it for abstract resources like time or energy. Where English says a task takes effort, German says it costs effort (kostet Mühe).
Mühe is a feminine noun. Why is it viel Mühe instead of viele Mühe?
When viel (much or a lot of) is used before an uncountable, singular noun like Mühe (effort), Zeit (time), or Geld (money), it does not take an ending. You only add endings to viel when it modifies countable, plural nouns, like viele Äpfel (many apples).