Das Glück ist wichtig.

Luck is important.

Breakdown of Das Glück ist wichtig.

• sein: to be
• wichtig: important
• das Glück: luck or happiness

Questions & Answers about Das Glück ist wichtig.

Why is Glück capitalized?

Because Glück is a noun, and all nouns are capitalized in German.

So in this sentence:

• Das = article
• Glück = noun
• ist = verb
• wichtig = adjective

This is one of the first big spelling differences English speakers notice in German.

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

Because Glück is a neuter noun, so its article is das.

In German, every noun has a grammatical gender:

• der = masculine
• die = feminine
• das = neuter

So you learn the noun together with its article:

• das Glück

The article here is also in the nominative singular, because das Glück is the subject of the sentence.

What exactly is das doing here?