Word
Der Experte weiß ein romantisches Blind Date zu arrangieren.
Meaning
The expert knows how to arrange a romantic blind date.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Der Experte weiß ein romantisches Blind Date zu arrangieren.
ein
a, an (eine)
romantisch
romantic
zu
to (infinitive marker)
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
Questions & Answers about Der Experte weiß ein romantisches Blind Date zu arrangieren.
How does weiß ... zu arrangieren differ from just using the modal verb kann arrangieren?
The construction wissen + zu + infinitive means "to know how to do something" or "to be capable of doing something." While kann arrangieren ("can arrange") simply states an ability, weiß ... zu arrangieren is a slightly more elegant way to express that the expert has the specific knowledge, tact, or acquired skill to do it well.
Why is the adjective ending -es on romantisches?
English loanwords can sometimes have tricky genders in German, but Date (and thus Blind Date) is neuter (das Date). Since it is the direct object here (accusative case) following the indefinite article ein, the adjective must take the neuter accusative ending -es.
Why does the object ein romantisches Blind Date come between weiß and zu arrangieren?
In this construction, wissen structures the sentence much like a modal verb does. The conjugated verb (weiß) takes the second position, while the zu + infinitive (zu arrangieren) gets pushed to the very end to form a "sentence bracket." The direct object naturally sits inside this bracket.
Experte is a weak noun (n-declension). Why doesn't it end in -n here?