Breakdown of Die Information stand in der E-Mail.
in
in
die E-Mail
the e-mail
stehen
to stand
die Information
the information
Questions & Answers about Die Information stand in der E-Mail.
Why does the German sentence use stand (stood) instead of war (was)?
In German, written text is usually described as standing somewhere rather than just being there. When you want to say a fact was in the email, it is in the newspaper, or it says in the book, you use stehen (to stand). Here, stand is the simple past tense of stehen.
Isn't der for masculine words? Why does it say in der E-Mail?
E-Mail is actually a feminine noun (die E-Mail). The word in is a two-way preposition. Because the information is just resting in a fixed place (answering where?), we must use the dative case. In the dative case, the feminine die changes to der.
Is it possible to make Information plural in German?
Yes! Unlike English where information is uncountable, German has a normal plural form for this word: die Informationen. If you are talking about multiple facts or details, you will often hear the plural used, but in this specific sentence, it is singular.
How can I easily remember the gender of Information?
Any German noun that ends in -tion is always feminine. This makes it easy to remember that it is always die Information.
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