Word
Im Terminkalender steht unser Treffen um sieben Uhr.
Meaning
In the appointment calendar our meeting is at seven o’clock.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Im Terminkalender steht unser Treffen um sieben Uhr.
in
in
dem
the; (masculine or neuter, dative)
stehen
to stand
unser
our
Questions & Answers about Im Terminkalender steht unser Treffen um sieben Uhr.
Why does the verb come before the subject in steht unser Treffen?
German main clauses are verb-second. Because the sentence starts with Im Terminkalender (not the subject), the finite verb steht must come next, and the subject unser Treffen follows. With the subject first, you’d get the equally correct Unser Treffen steht im Terminkalender um sieben Uhr.
What does steht mean here—why not ist?
stehen often means that information is written/listed/printed somewhere. Im Kalender steht … is the idiomatic way to say something appears as an entry. ist is grammatical but less natural; you also hear ist eingetragen or ist vermerkt.
What exactly is Im?
Why dative after in? Can in also take accusative?