Word
Das Ergebnis ist bisher das beste.
Meaning
The result is the best so far.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Das Ergebnis ist bisher das beste.
sein
to be
gut
good / well
das Ergebnis
the result
bisher
so far, until now
Questions & Answers about Das Ergebnis ist bisher das beste.
Why is das beste written with a lowercase b if it has an article in front of it?
Even though das makes it look like a noun, beste is lowercase here because it refers back to the noun das Ergebnis. It acts as a stand-in for das beste Ergebnis (the best result). If it didn't refer to a specific noun and just meant "the best thing" in general, you would capitalize it as a true noun: das Beste.
What is the difference between saying ist das beste and ist am besten here?
Das Ergebnis ist das beste means "The result is the best one," directly comparing this result to a specific set of other results. Using Das Ergebnis ist am besten just describes the general state ("The result is best"). Because the sentence compares results gathered bisher (so far), treating it as "the best one" is the most natural choice.
Could I put the time word bisher at the beginning of the sentence?
Yes! Temporal adverbs often sit right after the conjugated verb, as they do here. However, you can move bisher to the very beginning to emphasize it. Just remember that German requires the verb to stay in the second position, so the subject and verb must swap places: Bisher ist das Ergebnis das beste.
How does bisher differ from temporal connectors like inzwischen or währenddessen?