Der Balkonstuhl ist noch nass vom Regen.

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Breakdown of Der Balkonstuhl ist noch nass vom Regen.

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

Questions & Answers about Der Balkonstuhl ist noch nass vom Regen.

Why is Balkonstuhl written as one word?

Because German very often makes compound nouns by joining nouns together.

• Balkon = balcony
• Stuhl = chair

So Balkonstuhl literally means balcony chair.

This is completely normal in German. English often uses separate words, but German usually combines them into one noun.

Also, in compounds, the last noun is the main one:

• a Balkonstuhl is a kind of Stuhl
• that last part also determines the gender

Why is it der Balkonstuhl and not die or das?

The gender comes from the last part of the compound noun.

• der Stuhl = the chair
• therefore der Balkonstuhl = the balcony chair

So even though der Balkon is also masculine, what really matters here is the final part, Stuhl.

Why is the verb ist in the second position?

In a normal German main clause, the finite verb usually comes in position 2.

So in:

• Der Balkonstuhl = subject
• ist = verb
• noch nass vom Regen = rest of the sentence

This follows the standard German word order pattern.

If you moved another element to the front, the verb would still stay second:

• Noch ist der Balkonstuhl nass vom Regen.