Breakdown of Der Einspruch betrifft die Geldstrafe.
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German nouns have grammatical gender.
- Einspruch is masculine, so its dictionary form is der Einspruch.
- Geldstrafe is feminine, so its dictionary form is die Geldstrafe.
This grammatical gender does not always match anything logical or natural; it is just something you usually learn with the noun.
- der Einspruch is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.
- die Geldstrafe is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of betrifft.
So the structure is:
- Der Einspruch = the thing doing the action
- betrifft
- die Geldstrafe = the thing affected by the action