"Ich mag den nächsten Hut."

Translation: I like the next hat.

[swes88]

There seems to be an unhealthy obsession with hats in this module.. cows with hats, german hats, the next hat. Bizarre..

[nataliasjesus]

Very odd o.O

[lgarratt2]

Sounds nothing like nächsten, more like neessan

[AndreasWitnstein]

The female voice pronounces »nächsten« as [ˈneːçs·tn̩], with a palatal fricative [ç], because of the preceding front vowel [e].
The male voice pronounces »nächsten« as [ˈnεːks·tn̩], with a velar stop [k], because of the following fricative [s].
Both pronunciations are standard.

[DickRoan]

Gracious how interessant

[JackYakov]

is the pronunciation of "nächsten" right

[V2Blast]

It sounds slightly off, but I understood it easily enough.

[jeanne.j]

Should the "ch" of "nächsten" be pronunced like the one in "nach" (from the throat) or the one in "ich" (with the toungue in the middle of the mounth) ? Btw, I like your avatar :-)

[zabellz]

ch before s sounds like k. nächst sounds just like the English next

[V2Blast]

It should be closer to the latter.

And thanks; it's an image of Heiwajima Shizuo from the anime (originally a light novel) series "Durarara!!".

[ilmolleggi]

i think depending on the region they pronounce the echst/ächst either as "ehs" or "ex". I'd say the latter is more common but maybe the first one is more proper or something? Anyway a similar couple of pronounciation is nichts: nihts or nix depending on the people, though the latter is way more colloquial.

[germanwannabee]

i like the next hat because it is German and i am dieing to get it for my cow

[GeoSchribs]

Two words are uncommon used in this sentence. In German I would not say: "ich mag" about a hat I see for the first time. I would say: "er gefällt mir." If I (have) weared the hat, then I may say: "Ich mag den weichen Stoff (the soft fabric), den guten Sitz (fitting), den Schatten (shadow), den er spendet (gives).
I may say: "Ich mag den nächsten Hut, der jetzt gezeigt wird (will be shown)." But then I know the hat and know which one will be shown at next. If a seller points to a hat in a row and I say: "Mir gefällt der nächste (Hut)" then I mean the nearest one behind that pointed one.

[SkaterdRom]

Why do we use "nächsten"?

[monsieurpapou]

If i'm not mistaken : weak inflexion, accusative, masculine, uses the -en suffix

[NikhilH.]

Correct me if wrong, why is it a weak inflection? According to what I remember, weak inflections do not have definite article.
Edit: I just checked wiki, I remembered it incorrectly.

[McDonaldCathy]

Awkward. No one would use that turn of phrase in English.

[SonMauri]

What, you haven't encounter mein Kuh braucht ein neuer Hut? something like that

[cinthiia_mc]

Meine Kuh braucht einen neuen Hut. I just passed throught it, LOL.

[lulubeck]

I think this sentence will help me remember the masculine accusative.

[nataliasjesus]

German confuses my mind o.O Since when does a cow need a hat? It's very odd.

[ToyibOyeleye]

Is there a sure fire way to tell when the adjective will have the "en" suffix?

[GeoSchribs]

In the accusative case only the article "der" changes to "den" (not "die" and not "das") and then "ein" changes to "einen" and the adjectives get the suffix "en": der neue Hut, ein neuer Hut; accusative case: Ich mag den neuen Hut. Ich möchte (would like or want) einen neuen Hut. In the dative case get all adjectives the suffix "en": mit dem neuen Hut, mit einem neuen Hut. Das neue Buch - mit dem neuen Buch, mit einem neuen Buch. Die neue Tasche - mit der neuen Tasche. Plural: die neuen Hüte, Bücher und Taschen - mit den neuen Hüten, Büchern und Taschen.

[Aecko.]

Hi, and what about that in "Wir mögen den neuen Experten", "Experten" takes "en", but in this sentence, "Hut" doesn't?... Both are masculine and in the same situation, aren't they?

[Munro189694]

It kind of doesnt make grammatically sense

[Graham416541]

Who talks about "next" hats? What does that even mean??

[RustyVDN]

Completely missing in the original material

[Brenda909597]

There's some new glitch - I typed the above answer EXACTLY and was told it was wrong (and provided my exact answer). Two questions earlier, it marked me wrong the second I hit the record button, before I could say a word. I reported both, but what the heck???