Word
Ohne Shaker und Eiswürfel ist es nicht der Cocktail schlechthin.
Meaning
Without a shaker and ice cubes, it is not the ultimate cocktail.
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Breakdown of Ohne Shaker und Eiswürfel ist es nicht der Cocktail schlechthin.
sein
to be
es
it
und
and
nicht
not
Questions & Answers about Ohne Shaker und Eiswürfel ist es nicht der Cocktail schlechthin.
How does schlechthin work in this sentence, and does it always go at the very end?
The particle schlechthin emphasizes that something is the ultimate or perfect example of its kind, much like "par excellence" in English. It doesn't belong to the end of the sentence by default; rather, it must be placed directly after the noun it describes. Here, it sits right after Cocktail.
Why are there no articles before Shaker and Eiswürfel?
After the preposition ohne, articles are often dropped when talking about general, undefined items or concepts rather than specific objects. Note that ohne always triggers the accusative case, though the lack of articles makes it invisible here.
Why is the verb ist placed before the subject es?
The prepositional phrase Ohne Shaker und Eiswürfel takes up the entire first position in the sentence. To satisfy the strict German verb-second rule, the conjugated verb ist must take the second position, forcing the subject es into the third position.
Shaker and Cocktail are English loanwords. How do they behave grammatically here?