Das Team ist professionell.

to be

Breakdown of Das Team ist professionell.

• das Team: the team
• professionell: professional

Questions & Answers about Das Team ist professionell.

Why is it das Team and not die Team or der Team?

Because Team is grammatically neuter in German, so it takes the neuter article das in the nominative singular. Many English loanwords are neuter, though there are exceptions. A common native alternative is die Mannschaft (feminine), especially for sports teams.

What’s the plural of Team, and how would the sentence change?

The plural is die Teams. The sentence becomes: Die Teams sind professionell. Note the verb changes from ist (singular) to sind (plural), and the adjective professionell stays the same.

Why doesn’t professionell have an ending here?

After the verb sein (to be), adjectives are used predicatively and do not take endings. Hence: Das Team ist professionell. But before a noun (attributive position), endings appear: ein professionelles Team, das professionelle Team, mit einem professionellen Team.

How would I say “a professional team”?

Most natural: Das ist ein professionelles Team. You can also say Es ist ein professionelles Team. While Das Team ist ein professionelles Team is grammatical, it sounds tautological unless used for contrast or emphasis.