Breakdown of Angenommen, dass er das Geld klug anlegt, verdoppelt er es.
er
he
es
it
das Geld
the money
dass
that
klug
clever
angenommen
assuming (that)
anlegen
to invest (money)
verdoppeln
to double
Questions & Answers about Angenommen, dass er das Geld klug anlegt, verdoppelt er es.
Why does the main clause start with the verb verdoppelt instead of er?
Because the entire conditional clause (Angenommen, dass er das Geld klug anlegt) counts as the first position in the overall sentence. To satisfy the German verb-second rule, the verb of the main clause (verdoppelt) must immediately follow the comma to take the second position.
Can I drop dass in this sentence?
Yes, but it changes the word order. If you drop dass, the condition takes normal main-clause word order where the verb is in the second position: Angenommen, er legt das Geld klug an. The result clause would still start with its verb: verdoppelt er es.
The translation says 'he will double it', but the German uses the present tense verdoppelt. Why not use the future tense here?
In German, the present tense is frequently used for future events when the context makes it clear. A conditional angenommen (assuming) clause naturally points to a future outcome, making the present tense verdoppelt perfectly natural and much more common than the future tense (wird er es verdoppeln).
anlegen is a separable verb. Why is anlegt written as one connected word here?
In a subordinate clause introduced by dass, the conjugated part of the verb is pushed to the very end. When the conjugated verb stem (legt) is pushed to the end and meets its separable prefix (an), they reunite into a single word: anlegt.
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