Das Amtsgericht vertagt die Verhandlung.

Because German nouns have grammatical gender, and the article has to match the gender of the noun.

• das Amtsgericht → Amtsgericht is neuter
• die Verhandlung → Verhandlung is feminine

In this sentence, both nouns are in the nominative/accusative singular form with their normal definite articles:

• das = the for a neuter noun
• die = the for a feminine noun

You largely have to learn the gender together with each noun.

The subject is das Amtsgericht, and the object is die Verhandlung.

A few clues help:

• Word order: in a normal German main clause, the subject often comes before the verb.
• Meaning: a court can postpone a hearing; a hearing does not postpone a court.
• Articles and case: here, the forms do not strongly distinguish subject and object by themselves, because:
  • das can be nominative or accusative
  • die can also be nominative or accusative

So in this sentence, you mainly rely on word order and meaning.

Because vertagt is the 3rd person singular form of the verb vertagen in the present tense.

The subject is das Amtsgericht, which is singular, so the verb must match it:

• ich vertage
• du vertagst
• er/sie/es vertagt
• wir vertagen
• ihr vertagt
• sie/Sie vertagen

So Das Amtsgericht vertagt ... means The district court postpones ...

No, vertagen is not separable.

That means the prefix ver- stays attached to the verb:

• Das Amtsgericht vertagt die Verhandlung.
• Das Amtsgericht hat die Verhandlung vertagt.

Compare that with a separable verb like absagen:

• Er sagt das Treffen ab.

But with vertagen, you do not split it:

• not Er tagt die Verhandlung ver

Amtsgericht is a specific legal term in Germany. It is a type of local court or district court.

It is made up of:

• Amt = office, public authority
• Gericht = court

As a compound noun, the whole word means a particular level of court in the German legal system. In learner-friendly English, it is often translated as district court or local court, depending on context.

Because German very often forms compound nouns by joining words together into a single noun.

So:

• Amt
  • Gericht → Amtsgericht

This is completely normal in German. The last part usually tells you the main category of the word:

• Gericht = court
  So an Amtsgericht is a kind of Gericht.

The -s- in the middle is a common linking element in compounds.

Verhandlung is a feminine noun. It comes from the verb verhandeln.

Very often, German nouns ending in -ung are:

• feminine
• formed from a verb

Examples:

• entscheiden → die Entscheidung
• verhandeln → die Verhandlung

So if you see a noun ending in -ung, it is very often a good guess that it is feminine.

Yes. In this sentence, die Verhandlung is the direct object, so it is in the accusative.

However, there is an important detail: for many feminine singular nouns, the article die looks the same in both nominative and accusative.

So:

• nominative: die Verhandlung
• accusative: die Verhandlung

That is why the article itself does not visibly change here.

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

For example:

• Die Verhandlung vertagt das Amtsgericht.

This is grammatically possible, but it sounds more marked or stylistically unusual because the object is placed first. It can be used for emphasis, but the normal neutral order is:

• Das Amtsgericht vertagt die Verhandlung.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• das AHMTS-guh-rikht

A few useful points:

• Amts- includes a clear ts sound
• g in Gericht is a hard g
• ch in -richt is the German ich/soft ch sound, not an English k or sh

A more careful approximation is:

• [ahmts-guh-RIKHT]

The stress is mainly on:

• Amts in Amtsgericht
• -hand- in Verhandlung
• -tagt in vertagt

Because these nouns are in their basic singular forms, and in this sentence they do not need any extra noun ending.

German case is often shown by:

• the article
• sometimes the noun ending
• word order and context

Here:

• das Amtsgericht = singular neuter
• die Verhandlung = singular feminine

Neither noun needs an additional case ending in this sentence.

It is definitely formal/legal German.

Reasons:

• Amtsgericht is a legal institution
• Verhandlung is a legal or formal term for a hearing/proceeding
• vertagen is a formal verb often used in legal, parliamentary, and official contexts

In everyday speech, Germans might use less specialized wording depending on the situation, but this sentence sounds perfectly natural in a legal context.