Breakdown of Niemand hat die Berliner Mauer vergessen.
haben
to have
vergessen
to forget
niemand
no one
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
Questions & Answers about Niemand hat die Berliner Mauer vergessen.
Since die Mauer is feminine and in the accusative case, why isn't the adjective ending die Berlinere Mauer?
Berliner is a special type of geographic adjective formed by adding -er to a city name. These adjectives are indeclinable, meaning their endings never change, regardless of the gender, case, or number of the noun they describe.
Why is the adjective Berliner capitalized?
In German, normal adjectives are written in lowercase. However, geographic adjectives derived from city and town names that end in -er are a mandatory exception and must always be capitalized.
Why doesn't the past participle of vergessen have a ge- at the beginning (like gevergessen)?
The verb vergessen starts with ver-, which is an inseparable prefix. Verbs starting with inseparable prefixes (like ver-, be-, ent-, and er-) never take the ge- prefix when forming their past participles. Because it is also a strong verb, its past participle happens to look exactly like the infinitive.
Does the pronoun niemand change its ending depending on its role in the sentence?