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From Schätzungen zu Todesfällen: Robert Koch-Institut meldet 14.000 Hitzetote, tagesschau.de, 20 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
By 9 August, there had consequently been at least 14,000 deaths in connection with high temperatures, as emerges from the weekly report of the institute.
Word for word: Until to the 9th August gave it according-to-that at-least 14,000 death-cases in connection with high temperatures, how from the weekly report of-the institute comes-out.
The sentence reports statistics: according to some previously mentioned source, at least 14,000 heat-related deaths had occurred by 9 August, and this figure can be read in the institute's weekly report. Typical of news or scientific reporting.
A main clause with the dummy subject 'es' and the impersonal verb 'gab es' (preterite of geben) is followed by a comparative 'wie'-clause with verb-final order ('hervorgeht'), reporting the source of the information. 'Bis zum' is a contraction of 'bis zu dem' with dative; 'aus dem Wochenbericht' uses dative after 'aus'; 'des Instituts' is genitive possession.
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gab es
'Es gab' is the standard preterite form used to state that something existed in the past.
The simple past is the written narrative past. In speech it survives mainly in sein, haben and the modals, where hatte and war are far commoner than the perfect forms.
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wie aus dem Wochenbericht des Instituts hervorgeht
The 'wie'-clause is subordinate, so its finite verb 'hervorgeht' moves to the end.
In a subordinate clause the finite verb stands last. Where the clause also holds a participle or an infinitive, the finite verb goes after them, so the order at the end is participle then auxiliary.
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aus dem Wochenbericht
'Aus' always governs the dative, hence 'dem Wochenbericht'.
Aus, außer, bei, mit, nach, seit, von and zu always take the dative. Several of them contract with the article: von dem becomes vom, zu der becomes zur.
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des Instituts
Possession is expressed with the genitive: the report belongs to the institute.
The genitive shows possession and follows a small set of prepositions. Masculine and neuter nouns add s or es. In speech it is often replaced by von plus the dative, but it is alive in writing and in fixed expressions.
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Bis zum 9. August
'Bis zum + date' marks a deadline or endpoint in time; ordinals take a period.
Dates take am with an ordinal in the dative, and clock times take um. Halb counts forward to the coming hour, so halb acht is half past seven.
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Words(21)
- bis
until, to, as far as
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Alone it takes the accusative ('bis Montag'); with 'zu' it means 'up to and including' and follows the dative.
- zu
to, at, too
prepositionA1governs dative
With verbs of movement it takes dative even though motion is involved.
- 9.
9th
numeralA2
- der August
August
nounA1pl. Augustegen. Augustsstrong declension
- geben
give, here: give the appearance of, pose as
verbA1geben, gab, hat gegebenmit habenstrong
'es gibt' + accusative is the standard way to say 'there is/are'
- es
it
pronounA1personal
Often a dummy subject, as in es geht darum.
- demnach
accordingly, therefore
adverbC1causal
Formal written connector referring back to something previously said.
- mindestens
at least
adverbB1degree
- 14.000
14,000
numeralA1
- der Todesfall
case of death, death case
nounB2pl. Todesfällegen. Todesfallesstrong declension
- in
in, into
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Dative for location, accusative for direction.
- der Zusammenhang
connection, context
nounB2pl. Zusammenhängegen. Zusammenhangsstrong declension
Fixed phrases: 'in Zusammenhang mit' (in connection with), 'im Zusammenhang stehen mit'.
- mit
with, by (means of transport)
prepositionA1governs dative
Always dative, including travel: 'mit dem Bus, mit dem Rad'.
- hoch
high, tall
adjectiveA1höher, am höchsten
Irregular comparative höher.
- die Temperatur
temperature
nounA2pl. Temperaturengen. Temperaturmixed declension
- wie
like, as, how
conjunctionA1subordinating
Here introducing an example, equivalent to 'such as'.
- aus
out of, from, made of
prepositionA1governs dative
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- der Wochenbericht
weekly report
nounB2pl. Wochenberichtegen. Wochenberichtsstrong declension
- das Institut
institute
nounB1pl. Institutegen. Institutsstrong declension
- hervorgehen
emerge from, become apparent from
verbC1hervorgehen, ging hervor, ist hervorgegangenmit seinstrong
Formal; 'wie aus X hervorgeht' = 'as can be seen from X'.