Word
Der Patient beachtet die dringenden Hinweise des Arztes.
Meaning
The patient follows the doctor’s urgent instructions.
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Questions & Answers about Der Patient beachtet die dringenden Hinweise des Arztes.
What does beachtet mean in this sentence, and how is it formed from the infinitive beachten?
beachtet is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb beachten, which means “to pay attention to,” “to observe,” or “to heed.” You form it by removing the infinitive ending -en and adding -et (ich beachte, du beachtest, er/sie/es beachtet, etc.), since beachten is a regular (weak) verb whose stem ends in t.
Why does dringenden have the ending -en, and how do I know which adjective ending to use?
Here dringenden modifies a plural noun after the definite article die. In German, when an adjective follows der, die, das (or their plural), it takes the weak declension ending. That means:
- In plural (all cases) and in accusative plural, adjectives always get -en. So die dringenden Hinweise is accusative plural (“the urgent instructions”), hence dringenden.
What is the gender, number, and case of Hinweise, and how do I recognize them?