Word
Meine Küche hat zwei Fenster und eine große Tür.
Meaning
My kitchen has two windows and a big door.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Meine Küche hat zwei Fenster und eine große Tür.
und
and
haben
to have
groß
big
das Fenster
the window
die Tür
the door
die Küche
the kitchen
zwei
two
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Questions & Answers about Meine Küche hat zwei Fenster und eine große Tür.
Why do we say Meine Küche instead of Mein Küche?
Küche is a feminine noun in German (die Küche). For feminine nouns in the singular, the possessive pronoun mein becomes meine.
Why is Fenster the same form for both singular and plural?
Some German nouns do not change in the plural form. Fenster belongs to this group. The singular is das Fenster, and the plural is die Fenster, but the word itself doesn't change spelling.
Why do we use eine große Tür and not ein große Tür?
Tür is also a feminine noun (die Tür). The indefinite article for feminine nouns in the singular is eine, and große matches the feminine singular form of the adjective.
What determines the adjective ending here in eine große Tür?
In German, adjectives need to agree in gender, case, and number with the noun they describe. Because Tür is feminine singular and the article is eine, the correct adjective ending is -e, resulting in große.
Why do we use hat instead of haben in this sentence?
Meine Küche is a singular subject (one kitchen), so we conjugate the verb haben as hat for the third-person singular form: (sie) hat (it has).