Word
Der Philosoph hat das Dilemma richtig beurteilt.
Meaning
The philosopher judged the dilemma correctly.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Der Philosoph hat das Dilemma richtig beurteilt.
richtig
right
haben
to have
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
der Philosoph
the philosopher
Questions & Answers about Der Philosoph hat das Dilemma richtig beurteilt.
How would I use "the former" and "the latter" to refer back to the philosopher and the dilemma in a follow-up sentence?
To use these reference pronouns, you must match the gender of the original nouns. Der Philosoph is masculine and das Dilemma is neuter. If they are the subjects of your next sentence (nominative case), you would use ersterer (the former) and letzteres (the latter). For example: Ersterer war klug, letzteres war unlösbar (The former was smart, the latter was unsolvable).
Is Philosoph an n-declension (weak) noun?
Yes, it is! Because it is the subject (nominative case) in this sentence, it stays as der Philosoph. However, in any other case, it takes an -en ending (for example, accusative den Philosophen or dative dem Philosophen). Masculine nouns ending in foreign suffixes like -oph, -ist, or -ent almost always follow this pattern.
Why doesn't the past participle beurteilt have a ge- at the beginning?
The verb beurteilen (to judge/assess) starts with the prefix be-. Because be- is an inseparable prefix, the verb doesn't add the standard ge- when forming its past participle. Other common inseparable prefixes you've learned include ver-, er-, and ent-.
Could I use instead of to mean "to judge" here?