Wir kennen den Zeitpunkt.

Because Zeitpunkt is the direct object of the verb kennen, and direct objects take the accusative case in German.

• der Zeitpunkt = nominative singular masculine
• den Zeitpunkt = accusative singular masculine

Since Zeitpunkt is a masculine noun, its article changes from der to den in the accusative.

You learn the gender together with the noun:

• der Zeitpunkt = the point in time / moment

In German, noun gender is not always predictable, so it is best to memorize nouns with their article. Here, the dictionary form is der Zeitpunkt, so the noun is masculine.

Because all German nouns are capitalized.

So in this sentence:

• Wir = pronoun
• kennen = verb
• den = article
• Zeitpunkt = noun

Only Zeitpunkt is capitalized because it is a noun. Wir is also capitalized here because it is the first word of the sentence.

This is a very common learner question.

German usually uses:

• kennen for being familiar with a person, place, or thing
• wissen for knowing a fact, a piece of information, or a whole clause

So:

• Wir kennen den Zeitpunkt. → we know the time/moment
• Wir wissen, wann es passiert. → we know when it happens

A simple way to remember it:

• kennen + noun
• wissen + fact / clause

That is not a perfect rule in every situation, but it works very well for beginners.

The infinitive is kennen.

In the sentence Wir kennen den Zeitpunkt, the subject is wir, so the verb form is:

• ich kenne
• du kennst
• er/sie/es kennt
• wir kennen
• ihr kennt
• sie/Sie kennen

So kennen here is simply the present tense form for wir.

This is standard German main-clause word order.

German main clauses usually have the conjugated verb in second position. Here:

1. Wir = first element
2. kennen = conjugated verb in second position
3. den Zeitpunkt = object

So the structure is:

• subject + verb + object

This is very normal and natural in German.

Yes, German allows different word orders, but the verb in a main clause still stays in second position.

For example:

• Den Zeitpunkt kennen wir.

This puts extra emphasis on den Zeitpunkt. In English, that might sound like stressing the moment/time in particular.

But the most neutral version is still:

• Wir kennen den Zeitpunkt.

Zeitpunkt literally means something like point in time.

Depending on context, it can refer to:

• a specific moment
• a particular time
• the timing of something

It is a little more specific and formal than just Zeit. So Zeitpunkt often suggests an exact or identifiable moment rather than time in a general sense.

The plural is:

• der Zeitpunkt = singular
• die Zeitpunkte = plural

So you could say:

• Wir kennen die Zeitpunkte.

In the plural, the article is die.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Wir ≈ veer
• kennen ≈ KEN-nen
• den ≈ dain
• Zeitpunkt ≈ TSAIT-punkt

A more careful approximation: veer KEN-nen dain TSAIT-punkt

A few useful notes:

• w in German sounds like English v
• z in German sounds like ts
• ei sounds like English eye

So the beginning of Zeitpunkt sounds like tsite.