Breakdown of Jede Fremdsprache öffnet eine neue Welt.
neu
new
öffnen
to open
jeder
everyone / each
die Welt
the world
die Fremdsprache
the foreign language
Questions & Answers about Jede Fremdsprache öffnet eine neue Welt.
Why is it Jede and not just jeder?
Jeder (every/each) changes its ending depending on the gender and case of the noun it describes, acting like a definite article (der, die, das). Because Fremdsprache is a feminine noun in the nominative case (it is the subject of the sentence), jeder takes the feminine ending -e to become jede.
Is Fremdsprache a compound word? How do we know its gender?
Yes, it is made of the adjective fremd (foreign or strange) and the noun die Sprache (language). In German compound nouns, the last word always determines the gender. Since it is die Sprache, the compound noun is also die Fremdsprache.
Why does the verb öffnet have an extra -e- before the -t ending?
The stem of the verb öffnen (to open) is öffn-. If we just added the regular third-person singular ending -t, it would be öffnt, which is very hard to pronounce. When a verb stem ends in a consonant cluster like -fn, -gn, -d, or -t, German adds a helper -e- before the ending so it rolls off the tongue easily.
Why does the adjective neue end in -e here?
The phrase eine neue Welt is the direct object of the sentence (the thing being opened), which puts it in the accusative case. Welt is a feminine noun. In the accusative case, when a feminine noun follows the indefinite article eine, the adjective before it must take the ending -e.
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