Word
Ich suche noch eine Vollzeitstelle in der Stadt.
Meaning
I am still looking for a full-time position in the city.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Ich suche noch eine Vollzeitstelle in der Stadt.
in
in
ich
I
die Stadt
the city
noch
still (up to now)
Questions & Answers about Ich suche noch eine Vollzeitstelle in der Stadt.
Why is it Ich suche and not something like Ich bin am Suchen to mean I am looking?
German normally uses the simple present (Präsens) where English uses both the simple and the continuous form.
- Ich suche noch eine Vollzeitstelle in der Stadt.
→ can mean I look for a full-time position in the city or I am (still) looking for a full-time position in the city, depending on context.
Forms like Ich bin am Suchen exist in colloquial speech in some regions, but:
- they are not standard written German,
- and they are used much less than English continuous forms.
So Ich suche … is the normal, correct way to express an ongoing search.
Why is the verb suche in second position? Could I move it?
In a normal main clause, German word order rule is: the conjugated verb is always in second position.
- Ich (1st position: subject)
- suche (2nd position: conjugated verb)
- noch eine Vollzeitstelle in der Stadt (everything else)
You cannot move suche away from second place in a main clause like this. But you can move other elements to the first position for emphasis and keep the verb second:
- Noch suche ich eine Vollzeitstelle in der Stadt.
- In der Stadt suche ich noch eine Vollzeitstelle.
In all cases, suche stays in second position.
What exactly does noch mean here, and why is it before eine Vollzeitstelle?