Breakdown of Abgesehen von dem neuen Logo ist alles schrecklich.
sein
to be
neu
new
alles
everything
schrecklich
terrible, awful
abgesehen von
apart from
das Logo
the logo
Questions & Answers about Abgesehen von dem neuen Logo ist alles schrecklich.
How does abgesehen von dictate the grammar of dem neuen Logo?
The phrase abgesehen von works like a compound preposition meaning "apart from" or "aside from." Because it ends with the dative preposition von, the following noun phrase must be in the dative case (dem neuen Logo).
Why is the conjugated verb ist placed immediately after Logo?
In German main clauses, the conjugated verb must be in the second position. The entire prepositional phrase Abgesehen von dem neuen Logo counts as position one. Therefore, the verb ist comes next, pushing the subject (alles) to position three.
Since this is dative, why is it dem neuen Logo and not dem neuem Logo?
Because the definite article dem already clearly signals the dative case, the adjective takes the "weak" ending -en. You only use the "strong" -em ending when there is no article to show the case (for example: abgesehen von neuem Design).
Could I just use außer instead of abgesehen von here?
Yes, you could say Außer dem neuen Logo ist alles schrecklich. Both mean "except for" or "apart from" and both require the dative case. Abgesehen von is a bit more formal (it literally means "looking away from"), while außer is more common in casual everyday speech.
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