Sıcaklık sıfır derece.

The temperature is zero degrees.

Breakdown of Sıcaklık sıfır derece.

• derece: the degree
• sıcaklık: the temperature
• sıfır: zero

Questions & Answers about Sıcaklık sıfır derece.

What does each word in Sıcaklık sıfır derece mean?

Word by word:

• sıcaklık = temperature
• sıfır = zero
• derece = degree

So the structure is basically:

• Sıcaklık → the topic, temperature
• sıfır derece → the description/predicate, zero degrees

Also, sıcaklık is related to sıcak meaning hot/warm, plus the suffix -lık, which often forms nouns.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

That is very normal in Turkish.

In present-tense sentences where one noun or adjective describes another, Turkish often leaves out the verb to be in the 3rd person.

So:

• Sıcaklık sıfır derece. = The temperature is zero degrees.

Turkish does not need a separate word like English is here.

If you want a more formal or emphatic version, you can add -dir:

• Sıcaklık sıfır derecedir.

That still means the same thing, but it sounds more formal, written, or definitive.

Why is derece singular? Shouldn’t it be plural after zero?