Breakdown of Der Richter ist der falschen Moral überdrüssig und fordert Reue.
sein
to be
und
and
falsch
wrong
der Richter
the judge
fordern
to demand (formally, to claim)
überdrüssig
weary
die Reue
the remorse
die Moral
the morality
Questions & Answers about Der Richter ist der falschen Moral überdrüssig und fordert Reue.
Why is it der falschen Moral and not an accusative or dative object?
The adjective überdrüssig (meaning "weary of" or "tired of") is one of a special group of German adjectives that directly govern the genitive case. Instead of using a preposition like in English ("of"), German simply puts the object (die falsche Moral) into the genitive case: der falschen Moral.
Why does der falschen Moral come before überdrüssig in the sentence?
As a refresher, why does the adjective falsch end in -en here instead of -er?
The phrase is in the genitive case, and Moral is a feminine noun. Because the definite article is present (der, which signals the feminine genitive here), the following adjective takes the weak ending -en. You would only use the strong ending -er if there were no article at all (for example, falscher Moral überdrüssig).
Why is there no pronoun like er before the second verb fordert?
Just like in English, when you connect two clauses with und and the subject remains exactly the same (der Richter), you don't need to repeat the subject. The second verb fordert simply shares the subject of the first clause.
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