Breakdown of Dank der neuen Karosserie gibt es keinen Rost mehr.
kein
no, not any
neu
new
es gibt
there is / there are
mehr
more
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
dank
thanks to
die Karosserie
the bodywork
der Rost
the rust
Questions & Answers about Dank der neuen Karosserie gibt es keinen Rost mehr.
Is der neuen Karosserie in the dative or the genitive case here?
It could actually be either! The preposition dank can govern both the dative and the genitive case. Because Karosserie is a feminine noun, its definite article changes to der and the adjective gets the -en ending in both of those cases. The dative is slightly more traditional with dank, but both are fully correct.
Why is the verb inverted to gibt es instead of the usual es gibt?
German uses V2 word order in main clauses, meaning the conjugated verb must be the second structural element. The entire prepositional phrase Dank der neuen Karosserie takes up position one. Therefore, the verb gibt must come second, pushing the subject es into position three.
Why do we say keinen Rost mehr instead of putting mehr right after keinen?
Why is it keinen Rost and not kein Rost?
The common expression es gibt always takes a direct object in the accusative case. Because Rost is a masculine noun (der Rost), the negative article kein must take the masculine accusative ending, becoming keinen.
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