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Questions & Answers about Der Flughafen ist modern.
Why is the definite article Der used before Flughafen?
Flughafen is a masculine noun in German, so in the nominative case it takes the masculine definite article der.
Why is Flughafen capitalized?
All German nouns are always capitalized, regardless of their position in a sentence.
Why doesn’t modern have an ending like -e or -en?
After a linking verb such as sein, adjectives remain uninflected (they stay in their base form).
What case is Der Flughafen in?
It’s in the nominative case because it functions as the grammatical subject of the sentence.
Why is the verb ist placed in the second position?
German main clauses follow the Verb‑Second (V2) rule: the finite verb must occupy the second slot in the sentence.
How do you pronounce Flughafen?
It’s pronounced [fluːkˈhaːfən]. The “u” is long [uː], the “g” is [k], and the “h” indicates lengthening of the following vowel.
How would you say “The airports are modern”?
You would say Die Flughäfen sind modern. Note the plural article die, the umlaut in Flughäfen, and sind as the plural form of sein.
How do you say “a modern airport”?
You say Ein moderner Flughafen. Here modern takes the ending -er because it precedes a masculine noun with an indefinite article in the nominative.
Can you intensify modern?
Yes. For example: Der Flughafen ist sehr modern (“The airport is very modern”) or Der Flughafen ist ziemlich modern (“… quite/pretty modern”).
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