Το προζύμι είναι έτοιμο μετά το ανάπιασμα του προζυμιού.

Προζύμι means sourdough starter or leaven. It is a neuter noun, which is why the sentence uses το προζύμι and later του προζυμιού.

In baking Greek, προζύμι is the fermented starter used to make bread rise.

It appears twice because the sentence is saying two related things:

• Το προζύμι = the starter, as the subject of the sentence
• του προζυμιού = of the starter, linked to ανάπιασμα

So the structure is basically:

• The starter is ready
• after the refreshing/reworking of the starter

Greek often repeats the noun where English might use a pronoun or phrase things a little differently.

Του προζυμιού is in the genitive singular.

It is used because it depends on το ανάπιασμα. The phrase το ανάπιασμα του προζυμιού means:

• the refreshing/reworking of the starter
• or more naturally in English, refreshing the starter

So the genitive here expresses a relationship similar to of the starter.

Ανάπιασμα is a noun referring to the process of refreshing, reactivating, or working the starter again.

In traditional baking language, it refers to giving the starter what it needs so it becomes active and usable again. Depending on context, an English speaker might translate it as:

• refreshing
• feeding
• reactivating
• reworking

It is a verbal noun, so Greek expresses the action as a thing/process: the refreshing of the starter.

Because μετά meaning after takes the accusative in modern Greek.

So:

• μετά το ανάπιασμα = after the refreshing

Be careful: with the genitive, μετά is an older/literary pattern and can mean with, not after in modern usage. For normal modern Greek meaning after, you use μετά + accusative.

Because έτοιμο agrees with το προζύμι, which is neuter singular.

Greek adjectives must match the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

So here:

• το προζύμι = neuter singular
• έτοιμο = neuter singular

That is why the sentence says Το προζύμι είναι έτοιμο.

Yes, literally that is a very close translation.

But in more natural English, you would often say:

• after refreshing the starter
• after feeding the starter
• once the starter has been refreshed

Greek often uses an article + noun phrase where English prefers a verb form.

Greek uses the definite article more often than English does.

Here:

• το προζύμι = the starter
• το ανάπιασμα = the refreshing / the reworking
• του προζυμιού = of the starter

In Greek, the article is very normal with abstract nouns, process nouns, and specific known things. Even where English might sound more natural without the, Greek often keeps it.

Yes. A very literal translation would be:

• The starter is ready after the refreshing of the starter.

But more natural English would be something like:

• The starter is ready after refreshing.
• The starter is ready after it has been refreshed.
• The sourdough starter is ready after feeding/refreshing it.

So the Greek sentence is natural, even if a word-for-word English version sounds repetitive.

No, the word order is quite normal.

• Το προζύμι = subject
• είναι = is
• έτοιμο = ready
• μετά το ανάπιασμα του προζυμιού = after the refreshing of the starter

Greek word order is generally more flexible than English, but this order is straightforward and neutral. It simply states the fact in a clear way.

This is a very useful vocabulary question.

• προζύμι = sourdough starter / leaven
• ζύμη = dough

So προζύμι is the fermenting culture that helps bread rise, while ζύμη is the actual dough you make for bread or pastry.

That distinction helps make the sentence clearer: it is talking about the starter, not the finished dough.

Yes, that is a common confusion, but here it is definitely a noun.

You can tell because it has:

• the article το
• the preposition μετά
• a following genitive phrase του προζυμιού

So the phrase is a noun phrase:

• μετά το ανάπιασμα του προζυμιού
• after the refreshing of the starter

If Greek wanted to express this more verbally, it might use a clause instead, but here it uses a nominal expression.