Breakdown of Dieses graue Hemd wird standardmäßig mit dem Anzug verkauft.
das Hemd
the shirt
dieser
this / that (fem.: diese, neut.: dieses)
mit
with
verkaufen
to sell
der Anzug
the suit
grau
grey
werden
to be (passive auxiliary + past participle)
standardmäßig
by default
Questions & Answers about Dieses graue Hemd wird standardmäßig mit dem Anzug verkauft.
What does the suffix -mäßig mean in the word standardmäßig?
The suffix -mäßig is used to turn nouns into adjectives or adverbs, roughly meaning "in the manner of", "in terms of", or "according to". By attaching it to der Standard, we get standardmäßig, which is commonly used to mean "by default" or "as standard".
Why does standardmäßig have no adjective ending here?
In this sentence, it functions as an adverb describing the action of being sold (wird ... verkauft). German adverbs do not take declension endings. If it were modifying a noun directly, it would need an ending, like in die standardmäßige Einstellung (the default setting).
Since das Hemd is a neuter noun, shouldn't the adjective be graues instead of graue?
Because the demonstrative pronoun dieses (this) is used, it already does the work of showing the gender and case (neuter nominative). Words like dieser, diese, and dieses trigger weak adjective declension, so the adjective just takes an -e. You would only use graues if it followed an endingless article, like in ein graues Hemd.
Why is wird used here instead of ist before verkauft?
The phrase wird ... verkauft is in the process passive (Vorgangspassiv), which uses the auxiliary verb werden to focus on the routine action of the sale. If you used ist verkauft, it would be the state passive (Zustandspassiv), which describes a completed state, meaning the specific shirt is already sold and no longer available.
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