Sie verdient Achtung.

Here it means she.

German Sie can mean:

• she
• they
• formal you

But the verb tells you which one it is:

• sie verdient = she earns/deserves
• sie verdienen = they earn/deserve
• Sie verdienen = formal you earn/deserve

Because the verb is verdient (3rd person singular), the subject must be she.

Also, since Sie is at the beginning of the sentence, the capital letter does not help us much here—German capitalizes the first word of every sentence anyway.

Verdient is the 3rd person singular present tense of verdienen.

The verb verdienen is usually taught as meaning to earn, but in sentences like this it often means to deserve.

A quick conjugation:

• ich verdiene
• du verdienst
• er/sie/es verdient
• wir verdienen
• ihr verdient
• sie/Sie verdienen

So Sie verdient = she deserves / she earns.

Because Achtung is a noun, and in German all nouns are capitalized.

That is one of the most noticeable spelling rules in German:

• das Haus
• die Liebe
• der Respekt
• Achtung

So the capital A is not special here; it is just normal German noun capitalization.

Because Achtung is being used as an abstract noun in a general sense, like respect in English.

German often leaves out the article with abstract nouns when speaking generally:

• Sie verdient Achtung. = She deserves respect.
• Er zeigt Mut. = He shows courage.
• Wir brauchen Hilfe. = We need help.

If you added an article, it would usually sound more specific or stylistically different:

• Sie verdient die Achtung ihrer Kollegen. = She deserves the respect of her colleagues.

So in this sentence, no article is the natural choice.

It is in the accusative case, because it is the direct object of verdient.

The structure is:

• Sie = subject
• verdient = verb
• Achtung = direct object

So the sentence follows a very basic pattern: subject + verb + object

In this particular noun, Achtung, the nominative and accusative forms look the same, so you do not see a change in the word itself.

No. It can mean both:

• to earn
  
  • Sie verdient viel Geld. = She earns a lot of money.
• to deserve
  
  • Sie verdient Achtung. = She deserves respect.

This is very common in German. The same verb can cover both ideas, and the object usually makes the meaning clear.

With Geld or a salary, it usually means earn.
With words like Achtung, Lob, or Strafe, it often means deserve.

Yes, absolutely. Sie verdient Respekt is also natural German.

Both Achtung and Respekt can correspond to respect, but there can be slight differences in tone:

• Achtung can sound a bit more like esteem, regard, or respectfulness
• Respekt is very common and often feels a bit more direct in modern everyday speech

So:

• Sie verdient Achtung.
• Sie verdient Respekt.

Both are correct. The first may sound slightly more formal or literary, depending on context.

No. This is standard German main-clause word order:

Sie | verdient | Achtung
subject | verb | object

German main clauses usually put the finite verb in the second position. Here that produces a simple English-like order.

You could change the order for emphasis, but the neutral version is the one you see:

• Achtung verdient sie. would be possible only in a marked or poetic context, and it sounds unusual in normal conversation.

So Sie verdient Achtung. is the straightforward, neutral sentence.

It is pronounced approximately AHKH-toong.

A few helpful points:

• Ach- has the German ch sound, not an English k
• -ung sounds like oong, with the ng sound at the end
• the stress is on the first syllable: ACH-tung

If you know the warning word Achtung!, it is the same noun. In this sentence, though, it means respect, not Attention! or Watch out!