Word
Jener Rubin hat einen wunderschönen Schliff.
Meaning
That ruby has a gorgeous cut.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Jener Rubin hat einen wunderschönen Schliff.
ein
a, an (eine)
haben
to have
wunderschön
gorgeous
jener
that (m)
Questions & Answers about Jener Rubin hat einen wunderschönen Schliff.
Why use Jener here instead of just Der or Dieser?
Jener is used to emphasize distance ('that one over there') or to contrast with something closer (dieser). While you could use a stressed Der in everyday speech to mean 'that,' jener is much more precise for pointing out something distant. It also adds a slightly more formal or elevated tone to the sentence.
Why does jener end in -er in this sentence?
Demonstrative pronouns like jener and dieser take the same strong endings as the definite articles (der, die, das). Because Rubin (ruby) is a masculine noun acting as the subject of the sentence (nominative case), jener takes the masculine nominative ending -er.
Why does the adjective wunderschönen end in -en here?
It modifies Schliff, which is a masculine noun acting as the direct object of the sentence (accusative case). When an adjective follows the indefinite article einen, the masculine accusative adjective ending is always -en.
What is the connection between Schliff and other German words?