Der Einspruch betrifft die Geldstrafe.

The objection concerns the fine.

Breakdown of Der Einspruch betrifft die Geldstrafe.

• betreffen: to concern
• die Geldstrafe: the criminal fine
• der Einspruch: the formal objection

Questions & Answers about Der Einspruch betrifft die Geldstrafe.

Why are Einspruch and Geldstrafe capitalized?

In German, all nouns are capitalized, not just proper names. So Einspruch and Geldstrafe both begin with capital letters because they are nouns.

Why is it der Einspruch but die Geldstrafe?

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.

What case is der Einspruch and what case is die Geldstrafe here?

• 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