Word
In dem neuen Bürogebäude gibt es eine ruhige Bibliothek.
Meaning
In the new office building there is a quiet library.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of In dem neuen Bürogebäude gibt es eine ruhige Bibliothek.
in
in
dem
the; (masculine or neuter, dative)
neu
new
ruhig
quiet
Questions & Answers about In dem neuen Bürogebäude gibt es eine ruhige Bibliothek.
Why is in dem used instead of just im?
im is simply the contraction of in dem. Both mean “in the.” Using im is more common in everyday speech and writing, but the full form in dem is equally correct.
Why is dem in the dative case?
The preposition in takes the dative case when indicating a static location (answering “where?”). Therefore you use in + dem (masculine/neuter dative).
Why does neue become neuen in dem neuen Bürogebäude?
After a definite article (dem), adjectives follow the weak declension and take the ending -en in the dative case. That’s why neu turns into neuen here.
What gender is Bürogebäude, and how can I tell?
Bürogebäude is neuter (das Bürogebäude). In German, compound nouns inherit the gender of their last element; Gebäude is neuter, so the whole compound is neuter.
Why does the sentence use es gibt, and what is the word order?