Im Feedbackgespräch kann jede Frage offen gestellt und in Ruhe beantwortet werden.

In the feedback meeting any question can be asked openly and answered in peace.

Breakdown of Im Feedbackgespräch kann jede Frage offen gestellt und in Ruhe beantwortet werden.

• und: and
• in: in
• können: can
• im: in the; (masculine or neuter, dative)

Questions & Answers about Im Feedbackgespräch kann jede Frage offen gestellt und in Ruhe beantwortet werden.

What does Im mean here, and why is it written as one word?

Im is the contraction of in dem.

• in = in
• dem = the (dative, masculine/neuter)

So in dem Feedbackgespräch → im Feedbackgespräch.

German very often contracts in dem → im, an dem → am, etc. It’s completely standard and not informal. The case (dative) is required because in with a location (not movement) takes the dative.

What case is Feedbackgespräch in, and why?

Feedbackgespräch is in the dative singular.

Reason:

• The preposition in can take either accusative (movement into) or dative (location).
• Here it expresses a situation/setting: in the feedback talk / during the feedback conversation → a location in time/situation, not movement.

Therefore: in + dative → in dem Feedbackgespräch → im Feedbackgespräch.

What gender is Feedbackgespräch, and how is this word formed?