Word
Das erste Bier schmeckt sehr hopfig und ein bisschen metallisch.
Meaning
The first beer tastes very hoppy and a little bit metallic.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Das erste Bier schmeckt sehr hopfig und ein bisschen metallisch.
und
and
sehr
very
das Bier
the beer
schmecken
to taste
Questions & Answers about Das erste Bier schmeckt sehr hopfig und ein bisschen metallisch.
How was the adjective hopfig formed?
It is derived from the noun der Hopfen (hops). By dropping the -en ending and adding the suffix -ig, it becomes the adjective hopfig (hoppy). Adding -ig is one of the most common ways to turn nouns into adjectives in German.
Why does metallisch end in -isch instead of -ig?
This adjective comes from the noun das Metall. The suffix -isch is frequently used for words borrowed from other languages, and it often matches the English suffix '-ic'. You can see this same pattern in words like logisch (logical) or magisch (magical).
Why does erste just end in -e if Bier is a neuter noun?
Because the definite article Das already shows that the noun is neuter and in the nominative case, the adjective takes the weak ending -e. If there were no article at all, the adjective would take the strong ending -es to show the gender, as in erstes Bier (first beer).
Why isn't bisschen capitalized in the phrase ein bisschen?
Even though it originally comes from a noun (der Biss, meaning the bite), the phrase ein bisschen is a fixed expression meaning 'a little bit'. Because it functions as an adverb or indefinite pronoun here rather than a true noun, it is written with a lowercase letter.