Word
Die Bremse hat einen neuen Bremsbelag.
Meaning
The brake has a new brake pad.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Die Bremse hat einen neuen Bremsbelag.
Why is it die Bremse?
Bremse is a feminine noun in German, so its basic dictionary form is die Bremse.
In this sentence, die Bremse is the subject, so it is in the nominative case:
- die Bremse = the brake
A learner might also wonder whether die could be plural. It can, but not here, because the verb is hat, which is singular. If it were plural, you would expect haben:
- Die Bremsen haben ... = The brakes have ...
Why is the verb hat?
Hat is the 3rd person singular present form of haben (to have).
The subject is die Bremse, which is singular, so the verb must also be singular:
- ich habe
- du hast
- er / sie / es hat
- wir haben
- ihr habt
- sie / Sie haben
So:
- Die Bremse hat ... = The brake has ...
Why is it einen neuen Bremsbelag and not ein neuer Bremsbelag?