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B2statement25 words6 rules

From Feuer nicht unter Kontrolle: Waldbrände im Hohen Venn und im Schwarzwald, tagesschau.de, 17 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.

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Meaning

The operation was initially planned to last seven days. Around 30 residents of Monschau-Kalterherberg had been evacuated on Sunday evening because of possible heavy smoke exposure.

Word for word: The deployment were at-first for seven days intended. About 30 inhabitants of Monschau-Kalterherberg were on Sunday-evening because-of a possible heavy smoke-exposure evacuated been.

Typical news-report style: the first sentence reports what authorities said about the planned duration of an operation; the second states that about 30 residents had already been evacuated because of smoke.

Both sentences are passive constructions. The first uses the subjunctive one (sei vorgesehen) to report indirectly, as in news writing. The second is the pluperfect passive (waren ... evakuiert worden) describing an event before a past reference point, with a von-phrase for the agent and a wegen-phrase giving the reason.

Rules at work(6)

Words(22)

  • der

    the

    determinerA1definite

    Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.

  • der Einsatz

    deployment, operation, use, Einsatz of forces, mission

    nounB1pl. Einsätzegen. Einsatzesstrong declension

  • sein

    to be

    verbA1sein, war, ist gewesenmit seinirregular

    Copula here linking subject to predicate noun.

  • zunächst

    initially, at first

    adverbB1temporal

  • für

    for

    prepositionA1governs accusative

    Here für Dienstag names the day the forecast applies to, not a beneficiary.

  • sieben

    seven

    numeralA1

  • der Tag

    day

    nounA1pl. Tagegen. des Tagesmixed declension

  • vorsehen

    to plan, intend, to foresee

    verbC1vorsehen, sah vor, hat vorgesehenmit habenmixed

    In the sein-passive 'sei vorgesehen' it means something is scheduled or planned.

  • etwa

    for example, roughly, perhaps

    adverbB2modal

    'Etwa' can mean 'approximately', 'perhaps', or here 'for example'; context decides.

  • 30

    thirty

    numeralA1

  • der Bewohner

    resident, inhabitant

    nounA2pl. Bewohnergen. Bewohnersstrong declension

  • von

    from, of, by

    prepositionA1governs dative

    Used here to mark authorship, like 'by' in English credits.

  • das Monschau-Kalterherberg

    a district of Monschau in the Eifel, Germany

    nounC2pl. —gen. Monschau-Kalterherbergsinvariable declension

  • an

    on, at, by

    prepositionA1governs accusative or dative

    Dative for points in time and location (am Montag), accusative for direction.

  • der Sonntagabend

    Sunday evening

    nounA2pl. Sonntagabendegen. Sonntagabendsstrong declension

  • wegen

    because of, due to

    prepositionA2governs genitive

    In colloquial speech often heard with the dative, but standard German uses the genitive.

  • ein

    a, an, one

    determinerA1indefinite

    The form einer here is dative feminine singular, not the pronoun meaning 'one'.

  • möglich

    possible

    adjectiveA2möglicher, am möglichsten

  • stark

    strong, powerful

    adjectiveA1stärker, am stärksten

  • die Rauchbelastung

    smoke exposure, smoke pollution

    nounC1pl. Rauchbelastungengen. Rauchbelastungmixed declension

  • evakuieren

    to evacuate

    verbB2evakuieren, evakuierte, hat evakuiertmit habenweakgoverns accusative

  • werden

    become, will (future auxiliary)

    verbA2werden, wurde, ist gewordenmit habenirregular

    Also the passive auxiliary; do not confuse with bekommen (= receive).