Breakdown of Das aus Stahl und Beton gebaute Stockwerk hat viel Fläche.
und
and
aus
from / out of (made of)
haben
to have
viel
much / a lot
bauen
to build
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
der Beton
the concrete
der Stahl
the steel
die Fläche
the area (surface)
das Stockwerk
the floor (story of a building)
Questions & Answers about Das aus Stahl und Beton gebaute Stockwerk hat viel Fläche.
How do you form the phrase "Das aus Stahl und Beton gebaute Stockwerk"?
This is an extended participle attribute. In German, you can take a relative clause like das aus Stahl und Beton gebaut ist and compress it into a modifier before the noun. You place the definite article (Das), then the descriptive phrase (aus Stahl und Beton), then the past participle acting as an adjective (gebaute), and finally the noun (Stockwerk).
Why does the past participle "gebaut" get an "-e" ending here?
When a past participle is placed before a noun to describe it, it takes standard adjective declension endings. Because Stockwerk is a neuter noun in the nominative case and follows the definite article Das, the adjective gets the weak ending -e, making it gebaute.
The preposition "aus" requires the dative case. Why aren't there any dative articles before "Stahl" and "Beton"?
When referring to materials or substances that something is made of, German omits the article (zero article), just like English does. You say aus Stahl (made of steel), not aus dem Stahl.
Why use "Stockwerk" for "floor" instead of "Boden"?
Das Stockwerk refers to a storey or structural level of a building. Der Boden refers to the physical surface you walk on inside a room, or the ground/soil outside. Since this sentence describes a large architectural level with a lot of area, Stockwerk is the correct choice.
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