Breakdown of Annas Untersuchung des Grabes findet nach der Datierung statt.
Anna
Anna
nach
after (in time)
stattfinden
to take place
das Grab
the tomb
Questions & Answers about Annas Untersuchung des Grabes findet nach der Datierung statt.
How would this sentence look if we used a temporal clause with nachdem instead of the prepositional phrase nach der Datierung?
To use nachdem, you need a full subclause with a subject and a conjugated verb. You could say: Nachdem das Grab datiert wurde, findet Annas Untersuchung statt. (After the tomb was dated, Anna's examination takes place.) The nominalized phrase nach der Datierung makes the sentence much shorter and more formal.
Why is it des Grabes here?
des Grabes is in the genitive case, translating to 'of the tomb'. When you turn a verb into a noun (from untersuchen to Untersuchung), what used to be the direct object of the verb often becomes a genitive attribute attached to the new noun.
Both Datierung and Untersuchung end in -ung. Does this ending tell us something about their grammar?
Yes! Nouns ending in -ung are almost always formed from verbs (datieren and untersuchen) and they are always feminine. That is why the preposition nach (which requires the dative case) is followed by der Datierung (feminine dative).
Why is statt at the very end of the sentence?