Die Jahresabrechnung kommt heute.

to come

Breakdown of Die Jahresabrechnung kommt heute.

• heute: today
• die Jahresabrechnung: the annual statement; annual bill

Questions & Answers about Die Jahresabrechnung kommt heute.

Why is it die Jahresabrechnung and not der or das?

Because Jahresabrechnung is a feminine noun in German, so its nominative singular article is die.

A useful rule with compound nouns is that the last part determines the gender. Here, the last part is Abrechnung, and die Abrechnung is feminine. So the whole compound is:

• die Abrechnung
• die Jahresabrechnung

In this sentence, die Jahresabrechnung is also the subject, so it stays in the nominative case.

What does Jahresabrechnung consist of?

It is a compound noun, which is very common in German.

It is made up of:

• Jahr = year
• Abrechnung = statement, settlement, final bill, accounting

So Jahresabrechnung is literally something like year-accounting or annual statement/final annual bill.

Notice the -s- in the middle: Jahr + es + Abrechnung becomes Jahresabrechnung. This linking -s- is very common in German compounds and does not always translate directly into English.

Why is kommt in the second position?