Breakdown of Allerdings kritisieren viele diese Bewertung, was mich überrascht.
viel
much / a lot
mich
me
dieser
this / that (fem.: diese, neut.: dieses)
allerdings
however / admittedly (mind you)
was
which (referring to a whole clause)
überraschen
to surprise
die Bewertung
the review
kritisieren
to criticize
Questions & Answers about Allerdings kritisieren viele diese Bewertung, was mich überrascht.
Why is the relative pronoun was used here instead of die?
When a relative pronoun refers back to an entire idea or a whole clause rather than a specific noun, you must use was. Here, it refers to the entire fact that people are criticizing the review, not just to the feminine noun Bewertung.
Why is the verb kritisieren placed right after Allerdings?
Allerdings is an adverb, not a coordinating conjunction like aber or und which take position zero. Because Allerdings occupies the first grammatical position in the sentence, the V2 rule dictates that the conjugated verb kritisieren must immediately follow it in position two.
Why is viele written in lowercase here even though it acts as a noun meaning 'many people'?
Indefinite numerals like viele (many), wenige (few), and einige (some) are generally written in lowercase, even when they stand alone to represent people. You can choose to capitalize it as Viele if you really want to emphasize its role as a noun, but lowercase is the standard.
Why does the verb überrascht go at the very end of the sentence?
The word was introduces a relative clause. Just like with subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns push the conjugated verb (überrascht) to the very end of their dependent clause.
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