Breakdown of Die Karawane nebst den alten Wohnwagen ist hier.
sein
to be
hier
here
alt
old
die Karawane
the caravan (group of travelers)
nebst
alongside / together with (in addition to)
der Wohnwagen
the caravan / the trailer
Questions & Answers about Die Karawane nebst den alten Wohnwagen ist hier.
Why is the verb ist singular if the sentence talks about a caravan and multiple trailers?
Phrases added by prepositions like nebst, samt, or mit do not change the grammatical number of the subject. The core subject is just the singular noun Die Karawane, so the verb remains ist. If you used und instead, the subject would become plural and the verb would be sind.
Why is the phrase den alten Wohnwagen in the dative case?
The preposition nebst always requires the dative case. Because we are talking about multiple trailers, the phrase is in the dative plural. The plural article changes to den in the dative, and the adjective takes the standard -en ending.
How can I tell that Wohnwagen is plural in this sentence?
The singular and plural forms of Wohnwagen are identical. We know it is plural here because of the dative article den. If it were singular, the masculine dative article would be used, making it dem alten Wohnwagen. Additionally, while dative plural nouns usually get an extra -n at the end, words that already end in -en do not get another one.
Could I use samt instead of nebst in this sentence?
Yes, they are highly interchangeable here! Both take the dative case and mean together with or including. nebst often just means in addition to, like two separate things brought together, while samt can imply that the items belong together as a tighter package deal. Both are quite formal and mostly used in written German.
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