Leuchtende Laternen hängen im Park.

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Breakdown of Leuchtende Laternen hängen im Park.

• dem: the; (masculine or neuter, dative)
• der Park: the park
• die Laterne: the lantern

Questions & Answers about Leuchtende Laternen hängen im Park.

Why is there no article before leuchtende Laternen?

Because German often omits the article when speaking about things in a general or indefinite sense. Here, Leuchtende Laternen simply means “glowing lanterns” without specifying which ones. If you wanted to talk about specific lanterns you could say Die leuchtenden Laternen hängen im Park (“The glowing lanterns hang in the park”).

What part of speech is leuchtende and why does it end in -e?

Leuchtende is the present participle of leuchten used as an adjective (a participle adjective). It takes the ending -e because of “strong” adjective declension for a plural noun in the nominative case when there is no article. The rule is:
• Plural, nominative, no article → adjective ending -e

Why is Laternen plural, and how do you form its singular?

Laternen is the plural of Laterne. It’s a feminine noun:
• Singular: die Laterne
• Plural: die Laternen (add -n to the stem)

Since we’re talking about more than one lantern, the plural form is used.

What does hängen mean here, and why is it not hängen or hängele?