Breakdown of Die Krawatte passt gut zum Anzug.
gut
well
zum
to the; (masculine or neuter, dative)
der Anzug
the suit
die Krawatte
the tie
Questions & Answers about Die Krawatte passt gut zum Anzug.
Why is it Die Krawatte and not something else?
Krawatte is a feminine noun in German.
- Singular definite article for feminine nouns in the nominative case is die.
- So die Krawatte = the tie.
You simply have to memorize the gender:
- die Krawatte (feminine)
- der Anzug (masculine)
In this sentence, die Krawatte is the subject, so it takes the nominative case with die.
What does the verb passen mean here, and who is doing what to whom?
In this sentence, passen means to go well (together), to match, to suit.
- Die Krawatte = subject (the thing that does the matching)
- passt = matches / goes well
- (gut) zum Anzug = what it matches with
So the structure is:
- etwas passt (gut) zu etwas
- Die Krawatte passt gut zum Anzug.
- The tie goes well with the suit.
There is no direct object in the accusative here. The second thing is introduced by zu in the dative.
Why is it passt and not passe or passen?