Breakdown of Die neue Wetterfront sieht sehr bedrohlich aus.
sehr
very
neu
new
aussehen
to look (appear)
die Wetterfront
the weather front
bedrohlich
threatening
Questions & Answers about Die neue Wetterfront sieht sehr bedrohlich aus.
What is the root of the adjective bedrohlich?
It comes from the verb bedrohen (to threaten), which is based on drohen. The suffix -lich turns it into an adjective, so it literally translates to "threatening" or "menacing".
How could I follow this sentence with a contrast using gleichwohl, the focus of this lesson?
Gleichwohl is an elevated adverb meaning "nevertheless." You could connect a contrasting thought by saying: Die neue Wetterfront sieht sehr bedrohlich aus. Gleichwohl gehen wir wandern. (The new weather front looks very threatening. Nevertheless, we are going hiking.) Notice that gleichwohl takes position 1 in the second sentence, meaning the verb gehen must immediately follow it due to V2 word order.
Why does neue end in -e here instead of -en?
This is a quick refresher on weak adjective declension. Because the feminine noun Wetterfront is already preceded by the definite article Die, the adjective only needs the basic -e ending for the nominative case. If it were dative or genitive, it would take an -en ending.
Does aussehen always mean "to look" in the sense of physical appearance?
Yes, the separable verb aussehen specifically refers to visual appearance. If you wanted to say the situation "seems" threatening based on more abstract information (like reading a weather report) rather than just looking at the sky, you would instead use scheinen (to seem) or wirken (to come across).
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