Word
Das Schiff muss im Moment wegen der Reparatur planmäßig in der Werft ankern.
Meaning
The ship has to anchor in the shipyard on schedule at the moment because of the repair.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Das Schiff muss im Moment wegen der Reparatur planmäßig in der Werft ankern.
in
in
müssen
to have to, must
im Moment
at the moment
das Schiff
the ship
Questions & Answers about Das Schiff muss im Moment wegen der Reparatur planmäßig in der Werft ankern.
How exactly does this sentence demonstrate the TeKaMoLo rule?
The middle field of this sentence perfectly lines up with the TeKaMoLo order: im Moment tells us when (Temporal), wegen der Reparatur tells us why (Kausal), planmäßig tells us how (Modal), and in der Werft tells us where (Lokal).
If I want to emphasize that it is because of the repair, can I change this strict TeKaMoLo order?
Yes! The easiest way to emphasize an element without making the middle of the sentence sound clunky is to move it to position 1. You could say: Wegen der Reparatur muss das Schiff im Moment planmäßig in der Werft ankern. The remaining elements then just follow the Te-Mo-Lo order in the middle field.
What case is der Reparatur in the phrase wegen der Reparatur?
It is in the genitive case. The preposition wegen requires the genitive in standard written German. Because Reparatur is feminine (die Reparatur), the feminine genitive article is der. In casual spoken German, you might hear the dative used with wegen, though the form der Reparatur happens to look identical in both cases!
Why is it in der Werft (dative) rather than in die Werft (accusative)?