Questions & Answers about Dieser Ort ist schön.
Why is dieser used before Ort? What type of word is dieser?
dieser is a demonstrative determiner (much like “this” in English). It replaces the definite article when you want to point out a specific noun. In German, demonstrative determiners decline according to gender, case and number; here you have the nominative masculine singular form dieser.
Why isn’t it dieses Ort or diese Ort?
German nouns have grammatical gender. Ort is masculine, so in nominative singular you need the masculine demonstrative form dieser.
- dieses would be neuter
- diese would be feminine or plural
What case is Ort in Dieser Ort ist schön, and how do I recognize it?
Ort is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence (the entity “being” described). With linking verbs like sein (“to be”), the noun before the verb is always in nominative.
Why doesn’t schön have an adjective ending like -e or -en here?