"The sheep goes over the zebra crossing."
Translation:Das Schaf geht über den Zebrastreifen.
May 1, 2018
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Zebrastreifen = crosswalk for Americans. The British call them zebra stripes too, I believe.
May 1, 2018
Thanks- I was thinking that it may be a variation of the song "Der Bär geht über den Berg"!
June 6, 2018
So Zebrastreifen is singular despite "streifen" being plural ? Seems odd. (As "den" must be accusative of "der" as "geht" involves motion)
April 3, 2019
-Copernicus-
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"Streifen" is both the singular and the plural (The singular is not "Streife"). So it's singular here, hence the accusative with "den."
April 3, 2019
Am I right that „den Zebrastreifen" in this sentence is accusative singular and not dative plural?
May 29, 2019
-Copernicus-
- 1421
That's right. (The word for "stripe" is "Streifen," not "Streif" or "Streife.")
May 29, 2019
