Breakdown of Dieses alte Kloster ist sehr abgelegen.
sein
to be
sehr
very
alt
old
dieser
this / that (fem.: diese, neut.: dieses)
das Kloster
the monastery
abgelegen
remote
Questions & Answers about Dieses alte Kloster ist sehr abgelegen.
Why is it dieses alte and not dieses altes?
Because dieses acts like a definite article. After definite articles, adjectives take weak endings. For a neuter noun in the nominative case like das Kloster, the weak ending is just -e. You would only use the strong ending -es if there were no article at all (for example, altes Kloster).
Is abgelegen a verb form here, like in a Perfekt or passive sentence?
No, it is used purely as an adjective here meaning "remote" or "isolated." It historically comes from the past participle of the verb abliegen (to lie at a distance), but in modern German, abgelegen is treated as a standard adjective describing a location.
How does the prefix ab- change the meaning of the root in abgelegen?
The root comes from liegen (to lie or be located). The prefix ab- often means "away" or "off." So a place that is abgelegen is literally "lying away" from everything else, making it secluded.
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