Die vernünftige Lösung ist, heute zu Hause zu bleiben.

to be

Breakdown of Die vernünftige Lösung ist, heute zu Hause zu bleiben.

• das Haus: the house
• heute: today
• bleiben: to stay

Questions & Answers about Die vernünftige Lösung ist, heute zu Hause zu bleiben.

Why does the sentence start with Die?

Because Lösung is a feminine noun in German: die Lösung.

Here, die is the nominative singular definite article because Die vernünftige Lösung is the subject of the sentence.

So:

• die Lösung = the solution
• die vernünftige Lösung = the sensible/reasonable solution

If the noun were masculine or neuter, the article would be different:

• der Plan
• das Problem

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Why is it vernünftige and not just vernünftig?

Because adjectives placed before a noun in German usually take an ending.

Here, vernünftig becomes vernünftige because it comes after the definite article die and describes the feminine singular noun Lösung.

So:

• vernünftig = reasonable, sensible
• die vernünftige Lösung = the sensible solution

This is called adjective inflection.

A few comparisons:

• die vernünftige Lösung
• der vernünftige Plan
• das vernünftige Verhalten

In all of those, the adjective gets an ending because it stands before the noun.

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