Word
Wegen der langen Verzögerung hat sich der Kunde beschwert.
Meaning
Because of the long delay, the customer complained.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Wegen der langen Verzögerung hat sich der Kunde beschwert.
haben
to have
lang
long
der Kunde
the customer
wegen
because of
Questions & Answers about Wegen der langen Verzögerung hat sich der Kunde beschwert.
How would this sentence look if we used a weil clause instead of the preposition wegen?
You would need to expand the noun phrase into a full clause with a subject and verb. For example: Weil es eine lange Verzögerung gab, hat sich der Kunde beschwert. (Because there was a long delay, the customer complained.)
Could we use aufgrund instead of wegen in this sentence?
Yes! Aufgrund der langen Verzögerung works perfectly and means the same thing. Aufgrund also takes the genitive case, but it tends to sound slightly more formal or professional than wegen.
Why do we use der langen Verzögerung if the noun is feminine (die Verzögerung)?
The preposition wegen requires the genitive case. For feminine nouns, the definite article changes from die to der in the genitive. The adjective lang then takes the standard -en ending that follows a definite article in this case.
Why does the reflexive pronoun sich come before the subject der Kunde?