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From Ernährungssicherheit: NABU-Studie zweifelt an Nutzen der EU-Agrarhilfen, tagesschau.de, 20 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
The farmers receive a fixed amount for every hectare of land that they farm.
Word for word: The farmers get a fixed amount for every hectare land, that they manage.
Used to describe an agricultural subsidy system: farmers are paid a set sum per hectare of land they cultivate.
A main clause in the present tense with verb-second word order, followed by a relative clause introduced by the relative pronoun 'den', which refers back to 'Betrag' (masculine accusative) and pushes the verb 'bewirtschaften' to the end of the clause.
Rules at work(9)
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Die Landwirte bekommen
In a declarative main clause the finite verb must occupy the second position, here 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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einen festen Betrag ... jeden Hektar ... den
The direct object of 'bekommen', the object of 'für', and the relative pronoun all stand in the accusative.
The accusative marks the direct object: the thing the action is done to. Only the masculine changes visibly, from der to den and from ein to einen, which is why the masculine is where accusative errors show.
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den sie bewirtschaften
The relative pronoun 'den' links the clause to 'Betrag' and functions as its direct object within the clause.
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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den sie bewirtschaften
The finite verb moves to the end of the clause because it is introduced by a relative pronoun.
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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Die Landwirte bekommen ... sie bewirtschaften
Both finite verbs show third-person plural endings agreeing with their plural subjects.
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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bekommen ... bewirtschaften
Both clauses use the simple present to describe a general, ongoing arrangement.
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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einen festen Betrag
After the indefinite article 'einen' the adjective takes the mixed ending '-en' in the masculine accusative.
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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jeden Hektar Land
'Land' is an unmarked genitive attribute specifying what kind of hectare is meant.
The genitive shows possession and follows a small set of prepositions. Masculine and neuter nouns add s or es. In speech it is often replaced by von plus the dative, but it is alive in writing and in fixed expressions.
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für jeden Hektar
'für' always governs the accusative, hence 'jeden Hektar'.
Durch, für, gegen, ohne and um always take the accusative, whatever they mean and whatever follows them.
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Words(13)
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- der Landwirt
farmer
nounB1pl. Landwirtegen. Landwirtesweak declension
- bekommen
to get, to receive
verbA2bekommen, bekam, hat bekommenmit habenstrong
Often means simply 'to get/receive', not 'to become' — do not confuse with English 'become'.
- ein
a, an, one
determinerA1indefinite
The form einer here is dative feminine singular, not the pronoun meaning 'one'.
- fest
firm, fixed, firmly
adjectiveA2fester, am festesten
- der Betrag
amount, sum (of money)
nounB1pl. Beträgegen. Betragesstrong declension
- für
for
prepositionA1governs accusative
Here für Dienstag names the day the forecast applies to, not a beneficiary.
- jeder
every, each
determinerA2quantifier
- der Hektar
hectare
nounB1pl. Hektargen. Hektarsstrong declension
- das Land
country, land, state
nounA1pl. Ländergen. Landesstrong declension
Here 'the country/region' in the sense of its economy.
- der
who, which
pronounA1relative
- sie
she, they, it (referring to feminine nouns)
pronounA1personal
Here accusative singular feminine, referring back to 'die Publikumsveranstaltung'.
- bewirtschaften
to farm, to cultivate, to manage
verbC1bewirtschaften, bewirtschaftete, hat bewirtschaftetmit habenweak