Die Chefin gibt dem Team wichtige Informationen.

the; (masculine or neuter, dative)

Breakdown of Die Chefin gibt dem Team wichtige Informationen.

• geben: to give
• wichtig: important
• die Information: the information

Questions & Answers about Die Chefin gibt dem Team wichtige Informationen.

What does Chefin mean and why is the article die used here?

Chefin is the German word for a female boss or manager. In German every noun has a grammatical gender. Chefin is feminine, so it takes the feminine definite article die in the nominative case (i.e., the subject position).

Why is dem Team in the dative case?

German uses cases to mark the roles of nouns in a sentence. dem Team is in the dative case because it’s the indirect object (the recipient of something). The verb geben (to give) always requires a dative object for the one who receives.

Why is wichtige Informationen in the accusative case, and why does the adjective wichtige end in -e?

wichtige Informationen is the direct object of geben, so it’s in the accusative case. There’s no article before wichtige Informationen, so the adjective follows the strong declension pattern. In plural accusative, strong declension gives the ending -e, hence wichtige.

I notice two objects: dem Team and wichtige Informationen. Is geben a special kind of verb?