Die Katze fühlt sich bedroht.

The cat feels threatened.

Breakdown of Die Katze fühlt sich bedroht.

• die Katze: the cat
• sich: itself
• fühlen: to feel
• bedroht: threatened

Questions & Answers about Die Katze fühlt sich bedroht.

Why is it die Katze and not der Katze?

Because Katze is a feminine noun, and here it is the subject of the sentence, so it takes the nominative article die.

• die Katze = the cat
• der Katze would be a different case, usually dative or genitive

In this sentence, the cat is the one doing the feeling, so nominative is needed.

What does fühlt sich mean here?

fühlt sich is the verb sich fühlen, which means to feel in the sense of to feel a certain way.

So:

• fühlen = to feel
• sich fühlen = to feel, to feel oneself, to feel in some condition

Common examples:

• Ich fühle mich müde. = I feel tired.
• Er fühlt sich gut. = He feels good.
• Die Katze fühlt sich bedroht. = The cat feels threatened.

The reflexive pronoun is a normal part of this verb pattern in German.

Why is sich used? English just says feels threatened.