Ich schneide die Paprika in Scheiben und lege sie auf den Teller.

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Breakdown of Ich schneide die Paprika in Scheiben und lege sie auf den Teller.

• ich: I
• in: into
• auf: on

Questions & Answers about Ich schneide die Paprika in Scheiben und lege sie auf den Teller.

Why is it die Paprika—isn’t Paprika masculine or neuter in German?

In German, Paprika is most commonly treated as feminine in the singular: die Paprika.
So you say: die Paprika, der Paprika, die Paprika.
(You may occasionally see other gender usages regionally or in specific contexts, but die Paprika is the standard you should learn first.)

Why does it say Ich schneide and not Ich schneidee?

The verb is schneiden (to cut/slice). In the present tense, ich takes the ending -e in principle, but with many common verbs it’s often dropped in everyday German.
Both can be correct:

• Ich schneide die Paprika … (very common)
• Ich schneidee is not correct; it would be Ich schneide (with or without an extra written -e isn’t applicable here—schneide already contains the -e ending)

So the form you see (schneide) is simply the normal ich-form.

Why is it die Paprika in the accusative—how do I know it’s accusative?