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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 social assistance in Germany rose significantly in 2025.
Word for word: The expenses for social assistance in Germany are 2025 significantly risen.
Reports that expenditure on social welfare benefits in Germany increased markedly during the year 2025; typical of news or statistical reporting.
A declarative main clause in the perfect tense: the finite auxiliary 'sind' occupies the second position (verb-second rule), and the past participle 'gestiegen' closes the sentence. 'Die Ausgaben' is a plural noun phrase in the nominative serving as subject; 'für Sozialhilfe' is a prepositional attribute with für + accusative; 'in Deutschland' a local prepositional phrase with in + dative; '2025' an accusative time expression; 'deutlich' an adverb modifying the participle.
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Die Ausgaben ... sind ... gestiegen
The finite verb sind stands in second position after the fronted subject phrase, as required in German declarative clauses.
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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sind gestiegen
Steigen denotes a change of state and therefore forms its perfect with sein rather than haben.
Verbs of motion from one place to another and verbs of change of state take sein rather than haben in the perfect, along with sein, werden and bleiben themselves. Er ist gegangen, not er hat gegangen.
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sind gestiegen
The perfect tense is built from the present form of the auxiliary plus the past participle.
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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gestiegen
The strong verb steigen forms its participle with ge- prefix and -en ending: gestiegen.
A weak verb forms its participle as ge plus stem plus t, a strong verb as ge plus a often changed stem plus en. Verbs with an inseparable prefix and verbs ending in ieren take no ge at all.
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Die Ausgaben
The subject of the clause appears in the nominative.
The nominative marks the subject of the clause: whoever or whatever is doing the verb. It is also the case used after the verbs sein, werden and bleiben, so both sides of Das ist mein Bruder stand in the nominative.
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für Sozialhilfe
Für always governs the accusative.
Durch, für, gegen, ohne and um always take the accusative, whatever they mean and whatever follows them.
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in Deutschland
In takes the dative here because it describes location, not movement.
An, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor and zwischen take the accusative when the phrase answers where to, and the dative when it answers where. The distinction is movement across a boundary against position, not motion against stillness.
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2025 deutlich
The time expression precedes the manner adverb in the middle field, following the usual TeKaMoLo ordering.
When several adverbial phrases stand in the middle field, the usual order is time, then manner, then place. This is the opposite of the common English order and it is why Ich fahre morgen mit dem Zug nach Berlin sounds right.
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Words(10)
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- 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 Sozialhilfe
social assistance, welfare benefits
nounB2pl. Sozialhilfengen. Sozialhilfemixed declension
- in
in, into
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Dative for location, accusative for direction.
- das Deutschland
Germany
nounA1pl. —gen. Deutschlandsinvariable declension
- sein
to be
verbA1sein, war, ist gewesenmit seinirregular
Copula here linking subject to predicate noun.
- 2025
2025
numeralA1
- deutlich
clearly, distinctly, significantly
adverbB1modal
- steigen
to rise, to climb, to increase
verbB1steigen, stieg, ist gestiegenmit seinstrong
Used both literally (climbing) and figuratively for numbers and prices rising.