Breakdown of Das Museum ist sehenswert, jedoch ist der Preis hoch.
sein
to be
das Museum
the museum
hoch
high
der Preis
the price
jedoch
however
sehenswert
worth seeing
Questions & Answers about Das Museum ist sehenswert, jedoch ist der Preis hoch.
How exactly is sehenswert constructed?
It combines the infinitive verb sehen (to see), a connecting -s-, and the suffix -wert (worth). Suffixes like -wert are added to verbs to create adjectives expressing that an action is worth doing, making this literally mean 'worth seeing'.
Could I use the suffix -würdig here and say sehenswürdig instead?
Not really. While both suffixes mean something is 'worthy' of an action, they conventionally pair with specific words. Interestingly, the noun die Sehenswürdigkeit (the tourist attraction) is extremely common, but the adjective sehenswürdig is archaic. For 'worth seeing', sehenswert is always the standard choice.
Why does the verb ist come right after jedoch?
jedoch (however) acts as an adverb here, occupying the first position in the second clause. Because German main clauses strictly require the verb to be in the second position (the V2 rule), the verb ist must immediately follow jedoch, which pushes the subject der Preis into the third position.
If I swapped jedoch for aber, would the word order stay the same?
No, the word order would change. Unlike jedoch, aber (but/however) is a coordinating conjunction that takes 'position zero' in a clause. If you used aber, the subject would take position one and the verb position two: ..., aber der Preis ist hoch.
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