Ich prüfe die Sendungsverfolgung.

Because prüfe is the 1st person singular present tense form of prüfen.

The verb pattern is:

• ich prüfe
• du prüfst
• er / sie / es prüft
• wir prüfen
• ihr prüft
• sie / Sie prüfen

So ich prüfe means the speaker is doing the action: I check / I examine / I verify.

In a normal German main clause, the finite verb usually comes in position 2.

So in:

• Ich prüfe die Sendungsverfolgung.

the parts are:

1. Ich
2. prüfe
3. die Sendungsverfolgung

This is one of the most important German word order rules. Even when something else comes first, the finite verb still stays in second position:

• Heute prüfe ich die Sendungsverfolgung.

Because Sendungsverfolgung is a feminine noun, so its article in the singular is die.

Here it is also the direct object of the verb, so it is in the accusative case. For feminine singular nouns, the article stays die in both nominative and accusative:

• nominative: die Sendungsverfolgung
• accusative: die Sendungsverfolgung

So the form does not change here, but the role in the sentence does: it is the thing being checked.

Because prüfen is a verb that usually takes something that is being checked, tested, or examined.

In this sentence:

• Ich = the subject, the person doing the action
• prüfe = the verb
• die Sendungsverfolgung = the direct object, the thing being checked

A useful learner question is: What am I checking?
Answer: die Sendungsverfolgung.

That is why it is the object of the sentence.

German often combines several words into one compound noun.

Sendungsverfolgung can be broken down roughly like this:

• Sendung = shipment / consignment / package item
• Verfolgung = following / tracking

Together, Sendungsverfolgung means the tracking of a shipment or package.

This is very normal in German. The last part usually determines the grammatical gender, and here the last part is Verfolgung, which is feminine, so the whole compound is feminine:

• die Verfolgung
• die Sendungsverfolgung

That -s- is a linking element often used in German compounds. It does not always translate into anything in English, but it helps connect the parts of the compound smoothly.

So:

• Sendung
  • Verfolgung
• becomes Sendungsverfolgung or, in actual standard usage here, Sendungsverfolgung

In compounds, these linking sounds are common and do not always follow a simple rule that feels natural to English speakers. They are often just something you learn with the word.

Prüfen has a fairly broad range of meanings depending on context. It can mean:

• check
• examine
• test
• verify
• inspect

In this sentence, it most naturally means something like check or verify.

German also has related verbs with slightly different shades of meaning, for example:

• überprüfen = to check over, verify, review
• kontrollieren = to check, inspect, monitor
• testen = to test

So prüfen is a good general verb, but context decides the best English equivalent.

It is in the present tense, but German present tense is often more flexible than English learners expect.

Ich prüfe die Sendungsverfolgung can mean:

• I am checking the tracking information
• I check the tracking information
• sometimes even I will check the tracking information, if the future meaning is clear from context

German often uses the present tense where English might choose either simple present, present progressive, or sometimes future.

The tricky part is the ü.

A rough guide:

• prüfe sounds approximately like PRYOO-fuh, but that spelling is only an approximation

To make ü:

1. Start by saying ee as in see
2. While keeping your tongue in that position, round your lips as if saying oo

That gives you the German ü sound.

Also:

• the r in German is usually softer or more back in the throat than in many English accents
• the final -e in prüfe is pronounced, but lightly, like uh

Yes, you could, and it would sound very natural in many contexts.

The difference is mainly one of nuance:

• prüfen = check, examine
• überprüfen = check over, verify, make sure

In everyday use, both can work here. Überprüfen can sound a little more deliberate or thorough, while prüfen is slightly more general.

Because many feminine singular nouns in German do not change their form in the accusative.

So:

• nominative: die Sendungsverfolgung
• accusative: die Sendungsverfolgung

What changes is mainly the article, and for feminine singular, die stays the same in both nominative and accusative.

That is why nothing visible seems to change on the noun itself in this sentence.

Yes, but the verb form must change to match the subject.

For example:

• Du prüfst die Sendungsverfolgung.
• Er prüft die Sendungsverfolgung.
• Wir prüfen die Sendungsverfolgung.

The object die Sendungsverfolgung stays the same here, but the verb must agree with the subject.

This is called subject-verb agreement.