Die Auszahlung der Entschädigung kommt später.

Auszahlung is a feminine noun, so its nominative singular form normally takes the article die.

In this sentence, die Auszahlung is the subject:

• Die Auszahlung der Entschädigung kommt später.

That means the payment/payout is what comes later.

German often uses articles more regularly than English does, so where English might sometimes say payment without an article, German will very often prefer die Auszahlung.

Auszahlung means payment, payout, or disbursement, especially when money is being paid out.

It is built from:

• aus- = out
• Zahlung = payment

So Auszahlung has the sense of paying out money.

In this sentence, it refers to the actual paying out of the compensation money, not the compensation itself.

Der Entschädigung is in the genitive case.

The phrase is:

• die Auszahlung der Entschädigung

This means:

• the payment of the compensation
• or more naturally in English, the payout of the compensation

Here, der Entschädigung shows what is being paid out.

Because Entschädigung is a feminine noun, its genitive singular form is:

• der Entschädigung

So:

• die Entschädigung = nominative
• der Entschädigung = genitive

Not naturally in this context.

German usually prefers the genitive after nouns like Auszahlung:

• die Auszahlung der Entschädigung

Using von is possible in some situations, but here it sounds less standard and less elegant.

Also, von der Entschädigung would often suggest from the compensation, which is a different idea.

So the best version here is:

• die Auszahlung der Entschädigung

Literally, kommt später means comes later.

German often uses kommen in a broader, more idiomatic way than English. In this kind of sentence, it can mean:

• happens later
• takes place later
• arrives later

So:

• Die Auszahlung der Entschädigung kommt später.

can be understood as:

• The compensation payout comes later.
• The payment of the compensation happens later.
• The compensation will be paid out later.

It is a normal and natural way to express timing.

Because German main clauses usually follow the verb-second rule.

The structure is:

1. Die Auszahlung der Entschädigung = first element
2. kommt = finite verb in second position
3. später = rest of the sentence

So the sentence pattern is:

• Subject + verb + time expression

This is standard German word order.

No. The subject is:

• Die Auszahlung der Entschädigung

More specifically:

• the head noun is Auszahlung
• der Entschädigung depends on it and tells us payment of what

You can test the subject by asking:

• What comes later?
• Die Auszahlung der Entschädigung.

So Auszahlung is the core of the subject, and der Entschädigung is a genitive modifier attached to it.

Später means later.

It is a comparative form related to spät = late.

In this sentence, it tells you about time:

• kommt später = comes later / happens later

Examples:

• Er kommt später. = He is coming later.
• Wir sprechen später. = We’ll talk later.

Yes, absolutely. That is a very natural alternative.

• Die Auszahlung der Entschädigung kommt später.
• Die Entschädigung wird später ausgezahlt.

The second version is often a bit more direct and verb-based:

• wird ... ausgezahlt = will be paid out

The original sentence is more noun-based and slightly more formal or administrative in tone:

• die Auszahlung der Entschädigung = the payout of the compensation

Both are correct; they just package the idea differently.

Because they are nouns, and all nouns in German are capitalized.

So:

• die Auszahlung
• die Entschädigung

This is one of the most important spelling rules in German.

Both are feminine nouns:

• die Auszahlung
• die Entschädigung

That is why you get:

• die Auszahlung in the nominative
• der Entschädigung in the genitive

Remember:

• feminine nominative singular article = die
• feminine genitive singular article = der

Yes, it sounds fairly formal or administrative.

Words like:

• Auszahlung
• Entschädigung

are common in official, legal, insurance, and business contexts.

In more everyday speech, someone might say something simpler, depending on the situation, such as:

• Das Geld kommt später.
• Die Entschädigung wird später bezahlt.

But the original sentence is perfectly natural in formal written German.