German Phrase
Dein Zimmer ist fertig.
Meaning
The sentence means ‘Your room is ready.’ It tells the listener that the room (e.g., after cleaning, renovation, or setting up) has been completed and can now be used.
When to use
Use this phrase when you want to inform someone that a space prepared for them is finished – after a hotel check‑in, after a roommate finishes cleaning, or when a landlord completes a renovation.
✦Grammar Breakdown
DeinZimmeristfertig
Possessive Determiner (Dein)
‘Dein’ is the masculine/neuter singular possessive determiner meaning ‘your’. It matches the gender and case of the noun it modifies.
Noun Gender (Zimmer)
‘Zimmer’ is a neuter noun (das Zimmer). In the nominative case, the article would be ‘das’, but with a possessive determiner the ending stays unchanged.
Verb ‘sein’ (ist)
‘ist’ is the 3rd‑person singular present of ‘sein’ (to be). It links the subject with a predicative adjective.
Predicative Adjective (fertig)
‘fertig’ is used predicatively after ‘sein’ to mean ‘ready, finished, completed’. No ending is added because it follows a linking verb.
🗨In Conversation
Dein Zimmer ist fertig.
Your room is ready.
Super, danke! Ich kann jetzt einziehen.
Great, thanks! I can move in now.
✕Common Mistakes
Deine Zimmer ist fertig.
‘Zimmer’ is neuter, so the correct possessive is ‘Dein’, not ‘Deine’.
Dein Zimmer ist zu fertig.
‘Fertig’ does not take ‘zu’ in this construction; the verb ‘sein’ already links the adjective.
Dein Zimmer ist fertig sein.
When using ‘fertig’ as a predicative adjective after ‘sein’, you do not add ‘sein’ again.
↔Alternatives
Dein Zimmer ist bereit.
Your room is ready.
Dein Zimmer ist fertiggestellt.
Your room has been completed.
Dein Zimmer ist jetzt fertig.
Your room is ready now.
Cultural Tip
In German ‘fertig’ can also be used colloquially to mean ‘tired of’ or ‘fed up’ (e.g., ‘Ich bin fertig!’). When talking about rooms or projects, it strictly means ‘finished/ready’. Make sure the context is clear, especially with younger speakers who might interpret ‘fertig’ as ‘exhausted’. Also, German speakers often add a polite ‘Bitte’ after informing someone, e.g., ‘Dein Zimmer ist fertig, bitte kommen Sie rein.’