Word
Der Videobeweis war zuungunsten des Gegners.
Meaning
The video evidence was to the disadvantage of the opponent.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Der Videobeweis war zuungunsten des Gegners.
sein
to be
der Gegner
the opponent
der Videobeweis
the video evidence
zuungunsten
to the disadvantage of
Questions & Answers about Der Videobeweis war zuungunsten des Gegners.
I see zuungunsten written as one word here. Can it be written as two words?
Yes. You will often see it written as two words: zu Ungunsten, where Ungunsten is capitalized because it acts as a noun in that format. Both the one-word and two-word spellings are completely correct and mean the exact same thing: to the disadvantage of.
Why is the opponent translated as des Gegners instead of dem Gegner or den Gegner?
Because the preposition zuungunsten always requires the genitive case. Since der Gegner is a masculine noun, the article changes to des and we add an -s to the end of the noun, forming des Gegners.
How exactly is the word zuungunsten formed, and what is its opposite?
It is a combination of the preposition zu and the noun die Ungunst (disfavour or disadvantage). Its direct opposite is zugunsten (or zu Gunsten), which means in favour of or to the benefit of.
Can zuungunsten be placed after the noun it refers to?
Yes, it can! While it appears before the noun in this sentence (acting as a standard preposition), zuungunsten can also be used as a postposition. This means you could also say Der Videobeweis war des Gegners zuungunsten, though placing it before the noun is much more common.