Breakdown of Am Wochenende lese ich mein Lerntagebuch durch und sehe meinen Lernfortschritt.
und
and
ich
I
sehen
to see
mein
my; (masculine or neuter, nominative)
Questions & Answers about Am Wochenende lese ich mein Lerntagebuch durch und sehe meinen Lernfortschritt.
Why is it Am Wochenende and not im Wochenende or an dem Wochenende?
Am Wochenende is a fixed, very common time expression meaning “at the weekend / on the weekend.”
- am = contraction of an dem (on/at the + dative)
- With days and similar time points, German typically uses an:
- am Montag, am Abend, am Wochenende
- im Wochenende is wrong in standard German. in is used for longer periods or enclosed spans:
- im Winter, im Juli, im Jahr 2024
You could theoretically say an dem Wochenende, but it sounds very heavy and is only used if you really want to stress a very specific weekend (and even then people still prefer an diesem Wochenende or am Wochenende).
Why does the sentence start with Am Wochenende instead of Ich?
German allows quite free word order at the beginning of a main clause as long as the conjugated verb stays in second position.
Putting Am Wochenende first:
- emphasizes when the action happens
- sets the time frame as the topic of the sentence
Compare:
- Ich lese am Wochenende mein Lerntagebuch durch …
→ neutral emphasis on I. - Am Wochenende lese ich mein Lerntagebuch durch …
→ emphasis on at the weekend (vs. on weekdays, evenings, etc.).
Both orders are grammatically correct; only the focus changes.