Do we say
Es kann eventuell die Tür zum anderer Projekte öffnen.
or rather
Es kann eventuell die Tür zu anderer Projekte öffnen.
or are both wrong? Please provide a grammatical clarification.
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It would definitely be helpful to have not only the one sentence but also some context. – Christian Geiselmann Jul 12 '18 at 9:52
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Since kann already indicates the optionality, eventuell is redundant. – guidot Jul 12 '18 at 10:55
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1@guidot I think the optional use of "eventuell" allows a more fine grained distinction about expressing the chance. If you add "eventuell" you can express more uncertainty about increasing the chance with other projects. – Javatasse Jul 12 '18 at 14:25
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1Please clarify what you want to translate: „to the projects of others“ or „to other projects“?! – Ludi Jul 17 '18 at 8:49
both are wrong.
Projekte is a neuter noun in German and it is plural. In that sentence it is dative.
anderer is male, singular AND it is nominative --> 3/3 wrong.
If you want to say "for ONE other project", then it would be:
Es kann eventuell die Tür zum anderen Projekt öffnen.
If you want to say "for other projects", then the right answer is:
Es kann eventuell die Tür zu anderen Projekten öffnen.
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Grammatically, yes. But stilistically it is still a bit awkward. You would probably express it some other way, but for telling how we need more context. – Christian Geiselmann Jul 12 '18 at 9:53
Both are wrong.
zum is an abbreviation for zu dem, which implies a singular object.
Ich gehe zum Strand
The following would be wrong
Ich gehe zum Fahrradständern
Also, zu requires the dative case, so the object must be in dative case:
Es kann eventuell die Tür zu anderen Projekten öffnen.
So you really have to decide what you want to say: Is it one project you're talking about? Then it would be
Es kann eventuell die Tür zum/zu dem anderen Projekt öffnen
Or are you talking about the prospect of acquiring other projects? Then it would be
Es kann eventuell die Tür zu anderen Projekten öffnen
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There's a typo in your last line _Ee > Er. Furthermore, it might sense to explain why the Fahrradständern example is wrong or skip it entirely. At the moment, I can not see how it contributes to your message :) – Arsak Jul 19 '18 at 11:20
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Well, two lines above that I say "..., which implies a singular object". "Fahrradständern" is plural, that's why I'm giving the sentence as an example for "zum" being wrong here". – Thorsten Dittmar Jul 20 '18 at 6:57
