Word
Die Webseite vom Amt ist neu.
Meaning
The office's web page is new.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Die Webseite vom Amt ist neu.
sein
to be
neu
new
von
from, of / by (agent in passive clauses)
die Webseite
the web page
Questions & Answers about Die Webseite vom Amt ist neu.
Why use Amt for "office" here instead of Büro?
Das Amt specifically refers to a government agency, public department, or authority (like a tax or immigration office). Das Büro, on the other hand, refers to a physical room with desks or a regular workplace. Since this sentence is about an official public agency, Amt is the correct word.
Why does the sentence use vom Amt to show possession instead of the genitive case (des Amtes)?
Using von + the dative case (here, vom Amt) to show possession is very common in everyday, spoken German. While Die Webseite des Amtes uses the genitive case and is perfectly correct (and preferred in formal writing), vom Amt sounds much more natural in casual conversation.
What exactly is vom a contraction of?
It is short for von dem. The preposition von always requires the dative case. Because Amt is a neuter noun (das Amt), its dative article is dem. When they appear together, von + dem naturally merges into the standard contraction vom.
I've seen both Webseite and Website used in German. Are they interchangeable?