Ověření totožnosti je důležité.

Identity verification is important.

Breakdown of Ověření totožnosti je důležité.

• být: to be
• důležitý: important
• ověření totožnosti: identity verification

Questions & Answers about Ověření totožnosti je důležité.

What does ověření mean, and what kind of word is it?

Ověření means verification or checking.

Grammatically, it is a verbal noun formed from the verb ověřit (to verify, to check, to confirm). In this sentence, it behaves like a regular noun.

A useful pattern:

• ověřit = to verify
• ověření = verification

It is also neuter in gender, which matters for agreement later in the sentence.

Why is it totožnosti and not totožnost?

Because ověření usually takes the genitive case for the thing being verified.

So:

• totožnost = identity
• ověření totožnosti = verification of identity

This is similar to English verification of identity, where English uses of but Czech often uses the genitive instead.

Here the noun totožnost is in the genitive singular:

• nominative: totožnost
• genitive: totožnosti

Why is there je in the sentence?