Breakdown of Der Regen beeinflusst unsere Pläne.
unser
our
der Regen
the rain
der Plan
the plan
beeinflussen
to affect
Questions & Answers about Der Regen beeinflusst unsere Pläne.
Why is it Der Regen and not Den Regen or Die Regen?
- Regen is masculine; as the subject it takes nominative → der.
- Den would be accusative (object), which it isn’t here.
- Die Regen (plural) exists only in specialized contexts for separate rain events; normally Regen is an uncountable mass noun in the singular.
What case is unsere Pläne, and why that form?
- It’s the direct object → accusative plural.
- Noun: Plan → Pläne in the plural (umlaut + -e).
- Possessive: unser- in accusative plural is unsere.
- Compare: singular masculine accusative = unseren Plan; plural accusative = unsere Pläne.
How is beeinflussen conjugated in the present?
- ich beeinflusse
- du beeinflusst
- er/sie/es beeinflusst
- wir beeinflussen
- ihr beeinflusst
- sie/Sie beeinflussen Note: With stems ending in s/ß/x/z, the du ending -st reduces to -t, so du beeinflusst looks the same as er beeinflusst.