Illustration of the A1 German word “die Wortstellung”, which translates to “word order”. A child happily arranging magnetic words on a fridge, creating silly sentences.
A child happily arranging magnetic words on a fridge, creating silly sentences.

die Wortstellung , -en

A1 · noun

word order

[diː ˈvɔɐ̯tˌʃtɛlʊŋ]

Plural

Plural die Wortstellungen

Wortstellung in a sentence

Examples

Die deutsche Wortstellung ist manchmal schwierig.

German word order is sometimes difficult.

Wir lernen heute etwas über die Wortstellung.

Today we are learning something about word order.

How to remember it

WORT-stellung sounds like 'word stew-long.' Imagine trying to untangle a 'stew-long' string of words to get the correct

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