Breakdown of Trotz der Rezession gründet sie ein Startup.
ein
a, an (eine)
sie
she
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
gründen
to found
Questions & Answers about Trotz der Rezession gründet sie ein Startup.
How would this sentence look if it used a subordinate clause with obwohl?
It would be something like: Obwohl es eine Rezession gibt, gründet sie ein Startup. (Although there is a recession, she is founding a startup.) This lesson focuses on turning an entire obwohl clause like that one into a more concise prepositional phrase using trotz (despite) plus a noun.
Why does the sentence use der Rezession if the noun is feminine (die Rezession)?
The preposition trotz (despite) requires the Genitive case. For feminine nouns, the definite article die changes to der in the Genitive.
Why is the verb gründet placed before the subject sie?
The prepositional phrase Trotz der Rezession takes up position 1 in the sentence. Because German requires the conjugated verb to be strictly in position 2 in a main clause, the verb gründet comes next, pushing the subject sie to position 3.
Why is Startup capitalized and written as one solid word?
When German adopts English nouns, it applies German spelling rules. All nouns are capitalized, and compound concepts (which might be hyphenated or separated by a space in English) are usually combined into a single word, making it das Startup.