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Second sentence of Bundesjustizministerin: Hubig will Mietern Einbau von Klimaanlagen erleichtern, tagesschau.de, 19 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
Federal Minister of Justice Hubig spoke out in favour of changing that.
Word for word: Federal-justice-minister Hubig spoke itself for-it out, that to change.
The Federal Justice Minister publicly supported a change to something previously mentioned. Typical of news reporting about political positions.
Main clause with verb-second word order; the separable verb 'aussprechen' is split, sending the prefix 'aus' to the end of the clause. 'sich' is the reflexive pronoun required by the fixed expression 'sich für etwas aussprechen'. The comma introduces an infinitive clause with 'zu' placed before the infinitive 'ändern'.
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Bundesjustizministerin Hubig sprach sich dafür aus
The finite verb 'sprach' occupies the second position of the declarative main clause after the subject phrase.
In a German main clause the finite verb is always the second element. The first element can be the subject, but it can just as easily be a time expression, an object or a whole subordinate clause; whatever it is, it counts as one element and the verb follows it. This is why putting something other than the subject first pushes the subject after the verb.
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sprach sich dafür aus
'aussprechen' is separable, so its prefix 'aus' is detached and moved to the end of the main clause.
Some verbs carry a prefix that detaches in a main clause and moves to the very end: aufstehen becomes Ich stehe um sieben auf. The prefix is stressed, which is what tells a separable prefix from an inseparable one. In a subordinate clause and in the infinitive the verb stays whole.
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das zu ändern
The complement of 'dafür' is an infinitive clause introduced by 'zu' before the infinitive, set off by a comma.
Many verbs, adjectives and nouns take an infinitive introduced by zu, which stands at the end of its clause. With a separable verb the zu goes between the prefix and the stem, giving aufzustehen.
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sprach sich
The expression 'sich für etwas aussprechen' requires the accusative reflexive pronoun 'sich'.
A reflexive verb takes a pronoun pointing back at the subject. The pronoun is usually accusative, but it turns dative as soon as the verb has another direct object, which is why it is ich wasche mich but ich wasche mir die Hände.
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dafür
'dafür' replaces 'für das' and points forward to the following infinitive clause naming what she favoured.
Where a preposition would be followed by a pronoun standing for a thing rather than a person, German fuses the two: damit, darauf, davon. An r appears between them when the preposition begins with a vowel.
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sprach
The narrative past event is expressed with the simple preterite form of the strong verb 'sprechen', typical of written reporting.
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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Words(8)
- die Bundesjustizministerin
Federal Minister of Justice
nounC1pl. Bundesjustizministerinnengen. Bundesjustizministerinweak declension
- die Hubig
Hubig (surname)
nounC2gen. Hubigsinvariable declension
- sprechen
to speak, to talk
verbA1sprechen, sprach, hat gesprochenmit habenstrongsprechen für/gegen + accusative
Here only as part of the fixed expression 'sich für etwas aussprechen'.
- sich
himself/herself/themselves, itself
pronounA2reflexive
Always refers back to the subject; here it is fixed to the verb 'sich mehren'.
- dafür
for that, for it
adverbB1causal
Da-compound standing in for 'for this purpose'; English uses plain 'for it/that'.
- das
that, what
pronounA1demonstrative
Before a comma, das is usually a pronoun introducing a relative clause, not the article.
- zu
marker before infinitives
particleA1
Only certain verbs and expressions allow a zu-infinitive; it also exists as a preposition 'to'.
- ändern
to change, to alter, to amend
verbA2ändern, änderte, hat geändertmit habenweakgoverns accusative