Iznos osiguranja je visok.

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Breakdown of Iznos osiguranja je visok.

• visok: high
• iznos osiguranja: insured amount

Questions & Answers about Iznos osiguranja je visok.

What does iznos osiguranja literally mean, word by word?

Literally, iznos osiguranja means amount of insurance.

• iznos = amount, sum
• osiguranja = of insurance

So the phrase is built like noun + noun in the genitive case, which is very common in Croatian for expressing of relationships.

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Why is it osiguranja and not osiguranje?

Because osiguranja is the genitive singular form of osiguranje.

• nominative: osiguranje = insurance
• genitive: osiguranja = of insurance

In Croatian, when one noun describes another in an of relationship, the second noun often goes into the genitive:

• iznos osiguranja = amount of insurance
• cijena kuće = price of the house
• boja auta = color of the car

So iznos osiguranja is grammatically the same kind of structure.

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Why is visok masculine? Why not visoko or visoka?