Word
Die Quizrunde endet unentschieden; die Stichfrage bestimmt die Rangliste.
Meaning
The quiz round ends in a tie; the tiebreak question determines the ranking.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Die Quizrunde endet unentschieden; die Stichfrage bestimmt die Rangliste.
enden
to end
bestimmen
to determine
die Quizrunde
the quiz round
die Stichfrage
the tiebreak question
Questions & Answers about Die Quizrunde endet unentschieden; die Stichfrage bestimmt die Rangliste.
Why are all the nouns capitalized in this sentence?
Because in German, all nouns are capitalized, not just proper names.
So here:
- Quizrunde
- Stichfrage
- Rangliste
are all capitalized because they are nouns.
Why is it die Quizrunde, die Stichfrage, and die Rangliste?
All three nouns are feminine, so they take die in the singular nominative.
A useful extra point: with compound nouns, the gender is determined by the last part.
- Quizrunde → final part is Runde → die Runde
- Stichfrage → final part is Frage → die Frage
- Rangliste → final part is Liste → die Liste
So even if the first part changes, the last part decides the gender.
Why is unentschieden not capitalized?
Because unentschieden is not a noun here. It is being used as an adjective.
In this sentence, it describes the way the quiz round ends:
- Die Quizrunde endet unentschieden.
So it stays lowercase.
Why does unentschieden have no adjective ending?