Anna kauft Gold.

to buy

Breakdown of Anna kauft Gold.

• Anna: Anna
• das Gold: the gold

Questions & Answers about Anna kauft Gold.

Why is kauft in the second position?

In a normal German main clause, the finite verb usually comes in second position. That is one of the most important word-order rules in German.

So in Anna kauft Gold:

• Anna = first element
• kauft = finite verb, so it comes second
• Gold = the object

This is a very standard German sentence pattern: subject + verb + object.

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What is the base form of kauft?

The base form is kaufen, which means to buy.

kauft is the 3rd person singular form, used with er / sie / es and also with singular nouns like Anna.

Present tense of kaufen:

• ich kaufe
• du kaufst
• er/sie/es kauft
• wir kaufen
• ihr kauft
• sie/Sie kaufen

So Anna kauft means Anna buys.

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Why is there no article before Gold?