"It is night, isn't it?"

Translation: Es ist doch Nacht, oder?

[yaliyev]

What "doch" means here?

[christian]

http://coerll.utexas.edu/gg/gr/mis_04.html

[thetimesurfer]

Would "nicht wahr" work here in place of "oder?"

[eran.zimmerman]

I wrote it and it was accepted

[PaigeBreis]

Can somebody explain why this answer works?

[MagisterTJL]

What is oder doing here?

[Nateo85]

Oder is basically a way of saying "right?" or "no?"

[BlairScots]

It told me "stimmt's" was correct. What is stimmts?

[Levi]

@BlairScots : I believe "stimmt's" or "stimmt es" here means something along the lines of "isn't it?" or "right?".

[bumboimk]

Can one say, "Es ist doch nacht" ? Does the doch not imply the "isn't it"/oder?

[tamarayhannah]

Can someone please explain this sentence...I've read all of the comments and gone to the links...but I don't understand yet where "doch" and "oder" come in...did we learn this somewhere before? I want to understand.

[IceAly]

I looked it up, and apparently "doch" is used in affirmative responses to a negative. Basically, the "isn't it" (emphasis on the "n't") makes "doch" necessary, if I'm understanding it correctly.

[AhmedRefaat101]

I wrote "das stimmt,oder?" Why is it wrong

[christian]

It says "night", not "right".

[shara111111]

what is nacht?

[thetimesurfer]

It means "night."

[Ekorinne]

what about just: ', nicht?' (instead of the more complete ', nicht wahr?')