Word
Der Gutschein ist nur heute gültig.
Meaning
The voucher is valid only today.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Der Gutschein ist nur heute gültig.
Why is it Der Gutschein and not Das/Die Gutschein?
Because Gutschein is a masculine noun in German. In the nominative singular (the subject form), masculine nouns take der. Plural would be die Gutscheine. Indefinite: ein Gutschein.
What case is Der Gutschein in, and why not den/dem?
It’s nominative because Der Gutschein is the subject. The verb sein (to be) doesn’t take an object; it links the subject to a description (here: gültig). Den is accusative (direct object), dem is dative (indirect object), neither of which applies here.
Is gültig an adjective or an adverb? Why doesn’t it have an ending?
Gültig is an adjective used predicatively (after a linking verb like sein), so it stays uninflected: Der Gutschein ist gültig. With a noun (attributive), it takes an ending: ein gültiger Gutschein, der gültige Gutschein.
Where should nur go, and what exactly does it limit here?