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From Wahl in Sachsen-Anhalt: Lackmustest für die Linke, tagesschau.de, 24 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
These are just a few points from the 'kick-off programme for a future-proof Saxony-Anhalt', which the party is presenting today in Berlin and which has been made available exclusively to the ARD capital studio in advance.
Word for word: That are only some points from the 'kick-off-programme for a future-proof Saxony-Anhalt', which the party today in Berlin presents and which the ARD-capital-studio in-advance exclusively lies-before.
The speaker lists a few highlights from a party programme document that is being launched publicly today but which the broadcaster already has exclusive early access to — typical news-report framing.
A copular statement with 'das sind' plus plural predicate noun opens the sentence. Two coordinated relative clauses introduced by 'das ... und das ...' modify 'Auftaktprogramm'; each keeps its verb ('vorstellt', 'vorliegt') at the end of its clause. 'vorliegt' is a separable verb whose prefix stays attached in verb-final position.
Rules at work(10)
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Das sind nur einige Punkte
The finite verb 'sind' occupies second position after the initial element 'Das'.
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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das die Partei ... und das dem ARD-Hauptstadtstudio ... vorliegt
Two coordinated relative clauses both refer back to 'Auftaktprogramm'.
A relative pronoun takes its gender and number from the noun it refers back to, and its case from the job it does inside the relative clause. The clause is verb-final and always separated by a comma.
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... heute in Berlin vorstellt und das ... vorliegt
In each relative clause the finite verb stands at 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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stellt ... vorliegt
Both relative-clause verbs are finite present forms describing current events.
The present describes what is happening now, what happens habitually, and very often what is going to happen, since German uses the present with a time expression where English would use a future.
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das ... vorliegt
The singular neuter relative subject 'das' agrees with third-person singular 'vorliegt'.
The finite verb takes an ending that matches its subject in person and number. The endings for regular verbs in the present are e, st, t, en, t, en.
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und das dem ARD-Hauptstadtstudio
'und' links the two parallel relative clauses without changing word order.
Und, aber, oder, denn and sondern join two main clauses and do not count as an element, so the word order after them is unchanged and the verb stays in second position.
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dem ARD-Hauptstadtstudio
'vorliegen' requires its complement in the dative.
The dative marks the indirect object, usually the person something is given, said or shown to. A number of common verbs take a dative object where English would use a direct one, and several prepositions always take it.
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aus dem "Auftaktprogramm
The preposition 'aus' always governs the dative.
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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Auftaktprogramm, ARD-Hauptstadtstudio
Both nouns are compounds built from smaller nouns.
German builds long nouns by joining shorter ones. The last part carries the gender and the plural, and everything before it modifies what follows, so a compound is read from the right.
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ein zukunftsfestes Sachsen-Anhalt
After the indefinite article 'ein' the adjective takes the mixed ending -es.
After ein, kein and a possessive, the adjective takes strong endings exactly where the article shows nothing, which is the masculine nominative and the neuter nominative and accusative, and weak endings everywhere else.
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Words(22)
- sein
to be
verbA1sein, war, ist gewesenmit seinirregular
Copula here linking subject to predicate noun.
- nur
only, just
particleA1
- einige
some, several
determinerA2quantifier
Declines like the strong adjective endings when there is no article.
- der Punkt
point, dot, item on a list
nounA2pl. Punktegen. Punktesstrong declension
- aus
out of, from, made of
prepositionA1governs dative
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- das Auftaktprogramm
kick-off programme, launch programme
nounC1pl. Auftaktprogrammegen. Auftaktprogrammsstrong declension
- für
for
prepositionA1governs accusative
Here für Dienstag names the day the forecast applies to, not a beneficiary.
- ein
a, an, one
determinerA1indefinite
The form einer here is dative feminine singular, not the pronoun meaning 'one'.
- zukunftsfest
future-proof, fit for the future
adjectiveC1zukunftsfester, am zukunftsfesten
- das Sachsen-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (German federal state)
nounB1pl. Sachsen-Anhaltgen. Sachsen-Anhaltsinvariable declension
- die
the
determinerA1definite
- die Partei
party (political)
nounA2pl. Parteiengen. Parteistrong declension
- heute
today
adverbA1temporal
- in
in, into
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Dative for location, accusative for direction.
- das Berlin
Berlin
nounA1pl. —gen. Berlinsinvariable declension
- vorstellen
to present, to introduce, to imagine (sich vorstellen)
verbA2vorstellen, stellte vor, hat vorgestelltmit habenseparableirregular
Separable in the sense 'to present/introduce'; 'sich vorstellen' can also mean 'to introduce oneself' or 'to imagine'.
- und
and
conjunctionA1coordinating
- das ARD-Hauptstadtstudio
ARD capital studio (ARD's Berlin studio)
nounC2pl. ARD-Hauptstadtstudiosgen. ARD-Hauptstadtstudiosstrong declension
Proper name of the Berlin studio of ARD, the umbrella organisation of German public broadcasters; treat it as a fixed name.
- vorab
in advance, beforehand
adverbC1temporal
- exklusiv
exclusive, exclusively
adjectiveB2exklusiver, am exklusivsten
- vorliegen
to be available (to somebody), to have been submitted (to somebody), to be on the table
verbB2vorliegen, lag vor, hat vorgelegenmit habenseparablestronggoverns dative
The person who has the document goes in the dative: 'Dem Ausschuss liegt der Bericht vor.' Very frequent in news meaning 'a document has been obtained/is circulating'.