Breakdown of Dieses Wort hat eine wichtige Bedeutung für mich.
haben
to have
für
for
mich
me
wichtig
important
Questions & Answers about Dieses Wort hat eine wichtige Bedeutung für mich.
Why is it dieses Wort and not something like dieser Wort or dieses Wörter?
Dieses is the correct form of the demonstrative dies- (this) for a neuter, singular, nominative noun.
- Wort is a neuter noun: das Wort
- In the nominative singular, dies- becomes:
- dieser (masculine)
- dieses (neuter)
- diese (feminine/plural)
Since Wort is neuter and is the subject of the sentence, you need dieses Wort = this word.
It’s singular here because we’re talking about one specific word, not several words.
What is the difference between Wort, Wörter, and Worte?
All three exist, but they are used differently:
- das Wort – the word (singular)
- die Wörter – the words (individual, countable words)
- e.g. drei Wörter = three (separate) words
- die Worte – the words in the sense of a connected utterance or phrase
- e.g. seine letzten Worte = his last words
(a coherent statement, not just separate items)
- e.g. seine letzten Worte = his last words
In your sentence we mean one single item of vocabulary, so dieses Wort (singular) is correct.