Die Fußmatte ist noch nass vom Regen.

The doormat is still wet from the rain.

Breakdown of Die Fußmatte ist noch nass vom Regen.

• sein: to be
• nass: wet
• der Regen: the rain
• noch: still (up to now)

Questions & Answers about Die Fußmatte ist noch nass vom Regen.

Why is it die Fußmatte and not der or das Fußmatte?

Because Fußmatte is a feminine noun in German, so it takes the article die in the nominative singular.

• die Fußmatte = the doormat
• grammatical gender must be memorized with the noun

Here, die Fußmatte is also the subject of the sentence.

What case is die Fußmatte in here?

It is in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence — the thing that is still wet.

You can think of the structure as:

• Die Fußmatte = subject
• ist = verb
• noch nass = description
• vom Regen = cause/source

Why is Fußmatte written as one long word?

German often forms nouns by combining smaller words into a compound noun.

• Fuß = foot
• Matte = mat
• Fußmatte = doormat

This is very normal in German. Unlike English, German usually writes these combinations as one word.

What does noch mean in this sentence?