Breakdown of Die Kollegen wissen noch nicht Bescheid.
nicht
not
der Kollege
the colleague
noch
still / yet
Bescheid wissen
to be in the know
Questions & Answers about Die Kollegen wissen noch nicht Bescheid.
What does the phrase Bescheid wissen mean, and why is Bescheid capitalized?
Bescheid is a noun that translates to information, a notice, or a decision, which is why it is capitalized. When combined with the verb wissen, the fixed phrase Bescheid wissen means to be informed, to be in the loop, or to know about something.
Why do we use wissen here instead of kennen?
While kennen means being familiar with a person or a place, wissen is used for knowing facts. In this sentence, we are using the fixed expression Bescheid wissen, which is always built with wissen because it describes being informed about a situation or a fact.
Why is noch nicht placed before Bescheid?
Bescheid wissen acts like a separable verb phrase. The conjugated verb wissen takes the second position in the sentence, while the noun Bescheid gets pushed to the very end. The adverb phrase noch nicht means not yet and is placed right before the final element of the phrase.
How can we tell that Die Kollegen is plural here?
The word for a male colleague is der Kollege. It belongs to a group of masculine nouns (called weak nouns or n-declension) that add an -n in almost all cases, so a singular colleague can sometimes look like den Kollegen. Here, the plural article Die and the plural verb form wissen prove that we are talking about multiple colleagues.
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