Breakdown of Aus diesem Grund bleibe ich heute zu Hause.
ich
I
heute
today
bleiben
to stay
zu Hause
at home
aus diesem Grund
for this reason
Questions & Answers about Aus diesem Grund bleibe ich heute zu Hause.
Why do we use aus here instead of für like in English ('for this reason')?
In German, the set phrase for 'for this reason' is aus diesem Grund (literally 'out of this reason'). Using für here would sound unnatural to German speakers. Prepositions rarely translate one-to-one between English and German.
Why is it diesem with an '-em' at the end?
The preposition aus always forces the following noun into the dative case. The word for 'reason' is masculine (der Grund). In the dative case, der becomes dem, so 'this' becomes diesem.
Why is the word order bleibe ich instead of ich bleibe?
German uses 'Verb-Second' (V2) word order in main clauses. Because the phrase aus diesem Grund takes up the first position in the sentence, the verb bleibe must take the second position. The subject ich is then pushed to the third position right after the verb.
Why is it zu Hause? Doesn't zu usually mean 'to'?
Yes, zu often means 'to', but zu Hause is a fixed expression that means 'at home' (indicating a fixed location). If you were moving towards your house and wanted to say you were going home, you would use the phrase nach Hause.
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