Word
Der Widerruf ist schriftlich.
Meaning
The withdrawal is in writing.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Der Widerruf ist schriftlich.
sein
to be
schriftlich
in writing
der Widerruf
the withdrawal; cancellation
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Questions & Answers about Der Widerruf ist schriftlich.
Why is it der Widerruf and not den Widerruf?
Because Widerruf is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case.
- der Widerruf = nominative
- den Widerruf = accusative
In Der Widerruf ist schriftlich, the thing doing the being is the revocation, so German uses nominative.
A useful pattern:
- Der Vertrag ist gültig.
- Der Antrag ist vollständig.
- Der Widerruf ist schriftlich.
In all of these, the noun before ist is nominative.
Why does Widerruf have the article der? Is it masculine?
Yes. Widerruf is a masculine noun in German, so its dictionary form is der Widerruf.
That is something you usually just have to learn together with the noun:
- der Widerruf
- plural: die Widerrufe
For English speakers, grammatical gender can feel arbitrary, so it is best to memorize new nouns with their article from the start.
Why is schriftlich not changed to schriftliche or schriftlichen?