Word
Nach dem Sport schmerzen meine Muskeln.
Meaning
My muscles hurt after sport.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Nach dem Sport schmerzen meine Muskeln.
dem
the; (masculine or neuter, dative)
nach
after
mein
my; (masculine or neuter, nominative)
der Sport
the sport
Questions & Answers about Nach dem Sport schmerzen meine Muskeln.
Why is Sport in the dative case dem Sport?
The preposition nach always takes the dative case. Since Sport is masculine (der Sport), its dative singular form is dem Sport.
Can we omit the article and say nach Sport?
No. In German, you normally include the article with Sport in this phrase. nach Sport without dem sounds awkward; you need nach dem Sport.
What does the verb schmerzen mean here?
schmerzen means “to ache” or “to hurt” intransitively. It describes that something (here my muscles) is giving you pain.
Why is meine Muskeln the subject and not a direct object?
With schmerzen, the thing that hurts is the grammatical subject. You say meine Muskeln schmerzen (“my muscles hurt”), so meine Muskeln is in the nominative case.
Why is the verb schmerzen in the second position?