Word
Wir haben den Streit ohne Anwalt geregelt.
Meaning
We settled the dispute without a lawyer.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Wir haben den Streit ohne Anwalt geregelt.
haben
to have
wir
we
ohne
without
der Streit
the argument, fight
Questions & Answers about Wir haben den Streit ohne Anwalt geregelt.
Why is there no article before Anwalt?
It is very common in German to drop the indefinite article before professions, nationalities, or roles. This happens frequently after the preposition ohne (without) or als (as), so ohne Anwalt sounds completely natural here.
What case is Anwalt in here?
It is in the accusative case. The preposition ohne always forces the following noun into the accusative. Even though the article is dropped here, if you added an adjective, it would need the accusative ending, such as ohne teuren Anwalt (without an expensive lawyer).
Does regeln mean something different here than 'to regulate'?
Yes! While regeln does mean 'to regulate' (like traffic or a machine), it is heavily used in everyday German to mean 'to sort out', 'to settle', or 'to take care of' a problem, matter, or dispute.
Why is it den Streit instead of der Streit?
Streit (argument or dispute) is a masculine noun. In this sentence, it is the direct object (the thing being settled), so it takes the accusative case, changing der to den.