Breakdown of Als mutiger Krieger sucht er die Ausrüstung.
er
he
suchen
to look for
mutig
brave
als
as (in the role of)
Questions & Answers about Als mutiger Krieger sucht er die Ausrüstung.
Why is mutiger Krieger in the nominative case here?
The word als (meaning "as") links a role or identity directly to a noun or pronoun in the sentence. Here, it describes the subject er (he), which is in the nominative case. Therefore, mutiger Krieger must match that case and also be in the nominative.
Why does the adjective mutiger end in -er?
Because there is no article like ein or der in front of it, the adjective has to do the heavy lifting of showing the gender and case. Krieger is a masculine noun in the nominative case, so the adjective mutig takes the strong masculine nominative ending -er.
Why does the verb sucht come before the subject er?
In German, the conjugated verb must always take the second position in a main clause. The entire phrase Als mutiger Krieger occupies the first position. To keep the verb sucht in position two, the subject er is pushed to position three.
The English translation says "searches for", but where is the word for "for" in the German sentence?
The German verb suchen already means "to search for" or "to look for". It takes a direct object in the accusative case (here, die Ausrüstung), so you do not need to add an extra preposition like für.