Die Berufung kommt nach dem Urteil.

Because Berufung is a feminine noun in German, so its nominative singular article is die.

• die Berufung = the appeal
• In legal German, Berufung often means appeal.
• In other contexts, Berufung can also mean calling or vocation, but here the legal meaning is intended.

So in this sentence, die Berufung is the subject.

Because the preposition nach always takes the dative case.

• nominative: das Urteil = the judgment/verdict
• dative: dem Urteil

So:

• nach dem Urteil = after the judgment

This is a very important pattern to remember:

• nach + dative

Examples:

• nach dem Essen = after the meal
• nach der Arbeit = after work
• nach dem Film = after the film

Not necessarily. Kommt is from kommen = to come, but in German it is also often used in a more abstract or time-related way.

Here, Die Berufung kommt nach dem Urteil means something like:

• The appeal comes after the judgment
• or more naturally in English, The appeal happens/is filed after the judgment

So kommt does not have to mean physical movement. It can describe the order of events.

Because German main clauses usually follow the verb-second (V2) rule.

In this sentence:

• Die Berufung = position 1
• kommt = position 2
• nach dem Urteil = the rest

So the structure is:

• Subject + verb + other information

This is the normal word order for a simple statement in German.

Yes. That is also correct.

German lets you move elements to the first position for emphasis or style, but the finite verb still stays in second position.

So both are correct:

• Die Berufung kommt nach dem Urteil.
• Nach dem Urteil kommt die Berufung.

The meaning stays basically the same, though the second version puts more focus on after the judgment.

Urteil usually means judgment or verdict, depending on context.

In legal contexts:

• Urteil = judgment / court ruling / verdict

It does not usually mean sentence in the punishment sense. For that, German often uses other terms depending on context, such as Strafe for punishment.

So in this sentence, Urteil is best understood as judgment or verdict.

Yes. In this sentence, Berufung is being used in a legal sense.

Common meanings of Berufung include:

• appeal in law
• calling or vocation in a more general or religious/philosophical sense

Because the sentence also contains Urteil (judgment), the legal meaning appeal is clearly the right one here.

You can tell from both the article and the sentence structure.

• die Berufung is in the nominative
• dem Urteil is in the dative because it follows nach

Since the nominative noun phrase is usually the subject, die Berufung is the subject of the sentence.

So the sentence is structured as:

• The appeal = subject
• comes = verb
• after the judgment = prepositional phrase

A simple pronunciation guide is:

dee beh-ROO-foong komt nakh daym oor-TILE

A few notes:

• die sounds like dee
• Berufung has stress on the second syllable: be-RU-fung
• ch in nach is the throaty German sound, not like English k or ch in chair
• Urteil is stressed on the second part: Ur-TEIL

If you want to sound natural, keep the stress mainly on:

• Berufung
• Urteil

Yes. Nach has more than one meaning, and that can confuse learners.

Common meanings include:

• after → nach dem Urteil
• to with some places → nach Berlin = to Berlin
• according to → nach dem Gesetz = according to the law

So you have to understand nach from context.

In this sentence, because it refers to time/order, nach means after.