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Opening sentence of SPD-Vorstoß zu Klimaanpassung: Rückt eine Grundgesetzänderung näher?, tagesschau.de, 17 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
The SPD ministries are calling for a constitutional amendment for greater climate adaptation.
Word for word: The SPD-ministries demand a Basic-Law-change for more climate-adaptation.
Used in news or political reporting: ministries led by the SPD want changes to the Grundgesetz (the German constitution) to better adapt to climate change.
A main clause with verb-second word order: the subject 'Die SPD-Ministerien' (nominative plural) is followed by the finite verb 'fordern'. The direct object 'eine Grundgesetzänderung' is feminine accusative with a mixed adjective-style ending on the indefinite article. 'für mehr Klimaanpassung' is a prepositional phrase with für + accusative; 'mehr' here functions as an uninflected quantifier before the feminine noun in the accusative.
Rules at work(5)
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Die SPD-Ministerien fordern
In a declarative main clause the finite verb occupies the second position after the fronted subject.
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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eine Grundgesetzänderung ... mehr Klimaanpassung
The direct object and the object of für both 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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SPD-Ministerien fordern
The plural subject takes the plural finite form fordern.
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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für mehr Klimaanpassung
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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SPD-Ministerien, Grundgesetzänderung, Klimaanpassung
German routinely forms compounds; gender follows the final element (Ministerium neuter, Änderung/Anpassung feminine).
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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Words(8)
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- das SPD-Ministerium
ministry headed by an SPD politician
nounC1pl. SPD-Ministeriengen. SPD-Ministeriumsstrong declension
- fordern
to demand, to call for
verbB1fordern, forderte, hat gefordertmit habenweak
Do not confuse with fördern (to promote).
- ein
a, an, one
determinerA1indefinite
The form einer here is dative feminine singular, not the pronoun meaning 'one'.
- die Grundgesetzänderung
amendment to the Basic Law, constitutional amendment
nounC1pl. Grundgesetzänderungengen. Grundgesetzänderungweak declension
- für
for
prepositionA1governs accusative
Here für Dienstag names the day the forecast applies to, not a beneficiary.
- mehr
more
adverbA1degree
Comparative of viel; before nouns it works like a quantifier with no article.
- die Klimaanpassung
climate adaptation, adapting to climate change
nounC1pl. Klimaanpassungengen. Klimaanpassungmixed declension