Word
Die Nahtzugabe gehört zur Änderungsarbeit.
Meaning
The seam allowance belongs to the alteration work.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Die Nahtzugabe gehört zur Änderungsarbeit.
zur
to the; (feminine, dative)
gehören
to belong
die Nahtzugabe
the seam allowance
die Änderungsarbeit
the alteration work
Questions & Answers about Die Nahtzugabe gehört zur Änderungsarbeit.
Why is Die Nahtzugabe at the beginning of the sentence?
Because Die Nahtzugabe is the subject of the sentence — the thing being talked about.
- Die Nahtzugabe = the seam allowance
- gehört = belongs / is part of
- zur Änderungsarbeit = to the alteration work
German main clauses normally put the conjugated verb in second position, so the structure is:
Die Nahtzugabe + gehört + zur Änderungsarbeit
Why is it die Nahtzugabe and not der or das?
Because Nahtzugabe is a feminine noun, so its nominative singular article is die.
A useful tip: in German, every noun has a grammatical gender, and you usually need to learn it together with the noun:
- die Nahtzugabe
Also, in compound nouns, the last part usually determines the gender. Here the final part is Zugabe, which is feminine, so the whole word is feminine too.
What does Nahtzugabe literally mean?