Die Firma zahlt morgen das Nettogehalt aus.

Because the verb here is auszahlen, which is a separable verb.

• Infinitive: auszahlen = to pay out
• In a normal main clause, the conjugated part goes to position 2:
  • Die Firma zahlt ... aus.

So:

• zahlt = the conjugated verb part
• aus = the separated prefix, placed at the end

This is very common in German:

• Ich rufe dich an. = I call you
• Er steht früh auf. = He gets up early

If the verb stays in the infinitive, it does not split:

• Die Firma will morgen das Nettogehalt auszahlen.

Because the subject is die Firma, which is grammatically singular.

The verb zahlen is conjugated like this in the present tense:

• ich zahle
• du zahlst
• er/sie/es zahlt
• wir zahlen
• ihr zahlt
• sie/Sie zahlen

Since die Firma means the company and is a singular noun, the correct form is zahlt.

German often uses the present tense to talk about the future when the time is already clear.

So Die Firma zahlt morgen das Nettogehalt aus literally uses the present tense, but it naturally means that the payment will happen tomorrow.

This works because morgen already tells us the action is in the future.

German does this very often:

• Ich komme morgen. = I’m coming tomorrow.
• Wir fahren nächste Woche nach Berlin. = We’re going to Berlin next week.

You could also use werden for the future, but it is often unnecessary:

• Die Firma wird morgen das Nettogehalt auszahlen.

That is correct, but the present-tense version is more normal in many everyday situations.

Because morgen can function directly as a time expression meaning tomorrow.

German often uses time words with no preposition:

• heute = today
• morgen = tomorrow
• gestern = yesterday

So you simply say:

• Wir arbeiten morgen.
• Er kommt morgen.

You do not need a preposition like on or in, as you often would in English.

Das Nettogehalt is the direct object of the verb, so it is in the accusative case.

The noun Gehalt is neuter:

• nominative: das Gehalt
• accusative: das Gehalt

Since neuter articles are the same in nominative and accusative singular, you see das in both cases.

Here:

• Die Firma = subject
• zahlt ... aus = verb
• das Nettogehalt = what is being paid out

So the company is paying out the net salary.

Nettogehalt means net salary or take-home pay.

It is the amount left after deductions such as:

• taxes
• social security contributions
• other required deductions

It contrasts with Bruttogehalt, which means gross salary.

So:

• Bruttogehalt = before deductions
• Nettogehalt = after deductions

Die Firma is the subject because it is the thing doing the action: the company is paying.

The subject is in the nominative case.

Firma is a feminine noun, so in nominative singular it takes die:

• die Firma = the company

Even though die can also be used for plural nouns, here we know it is singular because:

• Firma is singular
• the verb is singular: zahlt

The basic structure is:

Subject + verb + time + object + separable prefix

So here:

• Die Firma = subject
• zahlt = conjugated verb
• morgen = time expression
• das Nettogehalt = object
• aus = separable prefix

German main clauses normally put the conjugated verb in second position.

That does not always mean it is the second word. It means it is the second element in the sentence.

Yes. German word order is flexible, as long as the conjugated verb stays in second position in a main clause.

For example, you can also say:

• Morgen zahlt die Firma das Nettogehalt aus.

This puts more emphasis on tomorrow.

You could also hear:

• Die Firma zahlt das Nettogehalt morgen aus.

That is also possible.

The original sentence is very natural, but German allows several word-order variations depending on emphasis and style.

Because German does not always have to mention the recipient if it is obvious from context.

The sentence focuses on what the company is paying out: das Nettogehalt.

If you wanted to include the person receiving it, German often uses an indirect object in the dative:

• Die Firma zahlt dem Mitarbeiter morgen das Nettogehalt aus. = The company pays the employee the net salary tomorrow.

Here:

• dem Mitarbeiter = indirect object, dative
• das Nettogehalt = direct object, accusative

So the original sentence is complete, but less specific.

Auszahlen often emphasizes paying out a sum of money, especially salary, wages, benefits, or cash.

So it is very natural with things like:

• Gehalt auszahlen = to pay out salary
• Lohn auszahlen = to pay out wages

Plain zahlen means to pay, but it can be broader and less specific.

In many contexts, both can work, but auszahlen sounds especially appropriate when money is being distributed or transferred as an amount owed.

Because in German, all nouns are capitalized.

So:

• die Firma
• das Nettogehalt
• morgen is not capitalized here because it is an adverb, not a noun

This is one of the most noticeable spelling differences between German and English.

Yes, but not in this sentence.

German morgen can mean:

• tomorrow as an adverb: Ich komme morgen.
• part of der Morgen = the morning, as a noun

If you want in the morning, you usually say:

• am Morgen
• morgens

In Die Firma zahlt morgen das Nettogehalt aus, morgen clearly means tomorrow, not in the morning.