Word
Die Bibliothek ist vollständig leer.
Meaning
The library is completely empty.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Die Bibliothek ist vollständig leer.
sein
to be
die Bibliothek
the library
leer
empty
vollständig
completely
Questions & Answers about Die Bibliothek ist vollständig leer.
Why is the article die used before Bibliothek?
Because Bibliothek is a feminine noun in German. In this sentence it’s the subject, so it takes the nominative case, feminine singular, which uses the article die.
Why are vollständig and leer left uninflected (no endings)?
They are used predicatively after the linking verb ist. Predicative adjectives and adverbs in German do not take any case endings—they remain in their base form when describing the subject via a verb like sein.
What part of speech is vollständig in this sentence?
Here vollständig functions as an adverb or intensifier modifying the adjective leer. It means “completely” or “totally,” so vollständig leer = “completely empty.”
Why is vollständig placed before leer?
Intensifiers (adverbs modifying adjectives) precede the adjective they modify. So you always say vollständig leer (intensifier + adjective), not leer vollständig.
Could you use another intensifier instead of vollständig?