Meine Krawatte ist dunkelblau.

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Breakdown of Meine Krawatte ist dunkelblau.

• mein: my
• dunkelblau: dark blue
• die Krawatte: the tie

Questions & Answers about Meine Krawatte ist dunkelblau.

What does „Meine“ do in this sentence?

Meine is a possessive determiner meaning “my”.
It tells us that the tie belongs to the speaker: Meine Krawatte = my tie.
In German, possessive determiners (mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer, Ihr) stand in front of nouns just like English “my/your/his…”, and they also show gender, number, and case through their endings (here: -e).

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Why is it meine and not mein Krawatte?

Because Krawatte is:

• feminine (die Krawatte)
• in the nominative case
• singular

The basic form is mein, but for a feminine nominative singular noun, you add -e:

• mein Vater (masculine nominative)
• meine Mutter (feminine nominative)
• mein Kind (neuter nominative)

So: meine Krawatte is the correct form.

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Why is Krawatte capitalized, but dunkelblau is not?