Ubezpieczonemu przysługuje odszkodowanie.

The insured person is entitled to compensation.

Breakdown of Ubezpieczonemu przysługuje odszkodowanie.

• ubezpieczony: the insured person
• odszkodowanie: the compensation payment
• przysługiwać: to be due as an entitlement

Questions & Answers about Ubezpieczonemu przysługuje odszkodowanie.

What does ubezpieczonemu mean here?

It means to the insured person or for the insured person.

More literally:

• ubezpieczony = insured / the insured person
• ubezpieczonemu = the same word in the dative singular masculine form

In this sentence, Polish uses that dative form because the verb przysługiwać normally tells you to whom something is due / belongs by right.

Also, ubezpieczony is originally an adjective, but here it is being used like a noun, meaning an insured person.

Why does ubezpieczonemu end in -emu?

Because it is in the dative singular masculine.

The basic form is:

• ubezpieczony = insured person

But after a verb like przysługiwać, Polish uses the dative:

• ubezpieczonemu = to the insured person

This -emu ending is very common for masculine and neuter adjectives in the dative singular:

• nowy → nowemu
• chory → choremu
• ubezpieczony → ubezpieczonemu

So this is not a random change: it is a regular case ending.

Why is in the dative case?