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From Ausgaben deutlich gestiegen: Sozialhilfe kostet 21,5 Milliarden Euro , tagesschau.de, 21 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
Spending on long-term care assistance rose considerably more strongly.
Word for word: Decidedly more strongly took the expenditures for the assistance to the care up.
Used in formal written German, especially statistics or news reports, to say that spending on care-related assistance increased markedly more than other items being compared.
A declarative main clause in the preterite with the separable verb zunehmen. The fronted adverbial 'Deutlich stärker' occupies first position, so the finite verb 'nahmen' stands second (verb-second rule), and its separated prefix 'zu' closes the clause. The comparative 'stärker' modifies the verb and is itself intensified by 'deutlich'. 'die Ausgaben' is the plural nominative subject; 'für' governs the accusative ('die Hilfe'), and 'zur' is the contraction of 'zu der' with dative 'Pflege'.
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Deutlich stärker nahmen
The fronted adverbial fills position one, forcing the finite verb into second place.
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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nahmen ... zu
Zunehmen is separable; the finite stem is second and the prefix zu closes the 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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nahmen
Written German such as statistical reporting prefers the preterite over the perfect.
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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stärker
The comparative form of stark is used adverbially to compare degrees of increase.
German adds er and st rather than using more and most, however long the adjective. Many one syllable adjectives take an umlaut, and the superlative before a noun takes an ordinary adjective ending while a standalone one uses am plus sten.
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für die Hilfe
Für always governs the accusative, hence die Hilfe.
Durch, für, gegen, ohne and um always take the accusative, whatever they mean and whatever follows them.
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Words(9)
- deutlich
clearly, distinctly, significantly
adverbB1modal
- stark
strongly, heavily, greatly
adverbA1degree
- zunehmen
to increase, to gain (weight), to accept
verbB1zunehmen, nahm zu, hat zugenommenmit habenseparableirregular
Separable verb: ich nehme zu. Often used of figures and quantities rising.
- die
the
determinerA1definite
- die Ausgabe
expenditure, spending, edition
nounB1pl. Ausgabengen. Ausgabemixed declension
In the plural Ausgaben usually means spending/expenditure; singular can also mean edition of a book.
- für
for
prepositionA1governs accusative
Here für Dienstag names the day the forecast applies to, not a beneficiary.
- die Hilfe
help, assistance
nounA2pl. Hilfengen. Hilfestrong declension
- zu
to, at, too
prepositionA1governs dative
With verbs of movement it takes dative even though motion is involved.
- die Pflege
care, nursing
nounB1pl. Pflegengen. Pflegemixed declension