Word
Mein Chef ist heute im Büro.
Meaning
My boss is at the office today.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Mein Chef ist heute im Büro.
sein
to be
in
in
dem
the; (masculine or neuter, dative)
heute
today
Questions & Answers about Mein Chef ist heute im Büro.
Why is Mein used instead of Meine?
German possessive pronouns agree in gender, number, and case with the noun they modify. Chef is a masculine noun in the nominative case, so you use mein (no –e ending). If it were a feminine noun (e.g. Chefin), you would say meine.
Why is Chef capitalized?
In German, all nouns—no matter where they appear in a sentence—are always capitalized. That’s why Chef (meaning “boss”) has a capital C.
What is im and why didn’t the sentence just say in dem?
im is the contraction of in + dem.
- in (in) + dem (the‑dative singular)
- Use this when indicating a static location (answering “Wo?”).
Which case is Büro in and how can I tell?
Büro is in the dative case. Clues:
- The preposition in with a location (Wo?) triggers dative.
- You see it in the article: dem Büro, contracted to im Büro.