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From Unfälle mit E-Scootern: "Jeder Helm ist eine Hilfe", tagesschau.de, 18 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
However, only privately owned e-scooters are allowed there; the rental scooters that are widespread in Germany have been banned since 2023. In Germany too, accidents involving e-scooters are a growing problem: according to the Federal Statistical Office, the police registered almost 16,500 e-scooter accidents nationwide last year — an increase of around 38 percent compared with the previous year. Yet there is no helmet requirement in this country.
Word for word: There are however only private E-scooters allowed, the in Germany widely spread Rental-Scooters are since 2023 forbidden. Also in Germany are accidents with E-scooters a growing problem: The police registered nationwide in the past year according-to Statistical Federal-Office almost 16,500 E-scooter-accidents — in comparison to-the previous-year an plus of around 38 percent. Yet a helmet-obligation gives it here-in-the-country not.
A news-style report comparing e-scooter rules abroad with the situation in Germany, noting rising accident numbers but no helmet law.
Four main clauses with verb-second word order. 'Erlaubt' and 'verboten' are past participles used predicatively with 'sein' (statal constructions). 'Die in Deutschland weit verbreiteten Leih-Scooter' is an extended participial phrase placed before the noun it modifies. 'Registrierte' is simple preterite. 'Es gibt' expresses existence with the real object in the accusative. Adjective endings vary by article type: strong ('private'), weak ('verbreiteten', 'vergangenen'), mixed ('wachsendes').
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Dort sind
The fronted adverbial 'Dort' occupies first position, pushing the finite verb 'sind' into second position.
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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erlaubt
The past participle of erlauben appears without auxiliary haben, forming a statal construction with sein expressing a resulting state rather than a passive event.
Both participles can stand before a noun and take ordinary adjective endings. The past participle is passive in sense, the present participle active: das gekochte Ei against das kochende Wasser.
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die in Deutschland weit verbreiteten Leih-Scooter
An entire participial phrase with its own prepositional modifier stands between the article and the noun, a structure typical of written German.
Formal written German can expand a participle before a noun into a long phrase standing between the article and the noun, where English would use a relative clause after it.
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registrierte
Simple preterite is used for a completed past event in narrative/journalistic style.
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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mit E-Rollern
'Mit' always governs the dative, shown by the -n plural ending on 'E-Rollern'.
Aus, außer, bei, mit, nach, seit, von and zu always take the dative. Several of them contract with the article: von dem becomes vom, zu der becomes zur.
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laut Statistischem Bundesamt
'Laut' governs the genitive, marking the source of the information.
Während, wegen, trotz, statt and a longer list in formal writing take the genitive, though the dative is widely heard with them in speech.
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hierzulande nicht
'Nicht' negates the whole existential statement and stands near the end of the clause.
Nicht negates a verb, an adjective or a whole clause. It stands at the end of the middle field, before a separable prefix, a participle, an infinitive or a predicate adjective, but after most objects and time expressions.
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Leih-Scooter
German routinely forms compounds by joining a noun stem to another noun, here Leih- (rental) + Scooter.
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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private E-Roller
With no article before a plural noun, the adjective carries the strong ending -e marking nominative plural.
With no article in front of it the adjective has to carry the case marking itself, so it takes the endings the definite article would have had, with the exception of the masculine and neuter genitive singular.
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die in Deutschland weit verbreiteten Leih-Scooter
After the definite article 'die' the adjective takes the weak ending -en in the plural.
After a definite article the adjective ending is e in the five nominative and accusative singular slots and en everywhere else, because the article has already shown the case and gender.
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bundesweit im vergangenen Jahr
Adverbials follow the order place (bundesweit) then time (im vergangenen Jahr) after the verb.
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(43)
- dort
there
adverbA1local
- sein
to be
verbA1sein, war, ist gewesenmit seinirregular
Copula here linking subject to predicate noun.
- allerdings
however, though, admittedly
adverbB1modal
Softens or contrasts a previous statement; usually in midfield.
- nur
only, just
particleA1
- privat
private, personal
adjectiveA2
- der E-Roller
e-scooter
nounB1pl. E-Rollergen. E-Rollersstrong declension
- erlauben
to permit, to allow
verbA2erlauben, erlaubte, hat erlaubtmit habenweakgoverns dative
- die
the
determinerA1definite
- in
in, into
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Dative for location, accusative for direction.
- das Deutschland
Germany
nounA1pl. —gen. Deutschlandsinvariable declension
- weit
far, wide
adverbA2degree
'weiter' here means 'further onward'.
- verbreitet
widespread, common
adjectiveB1verbreiteter, am verbreitetsten
Past participle of verbreiten used as a fixed adjective.
- der Leih-Scooter
rental scooter, shared scooter
nounB2pl. Leih-Scootergen. Leih-Scootersstrong declension
- seit
since, for
prepositionA2governs dative
With time spans German uses 'seit' + present tense where English uses perfect: 'seit 13 Jahren' = 'for 13 years'.
- auch
also, too
adverbA1modal
Focus particle; here it means the ministers are included among others already named.
- der Unfall
accident
nounA2pl. Unfällegen. Unfallsstrong declension
- mit
with, by (means of transport)
prepositionA1governs dative
Always dative, including travel: 'mit dem Bus, mit dem Rad'.
- ein
a, an, one
determinerA1indefinite
The form einer here is dative feminine singular, not the pronoun meaning 'one'.
- wachsend
growing, increasing
adjectiveB2—, —
Present participle of wachsen used as an adjective.
- das Problem
problem
nounA2pl. Problemegen. Problemsstrong declension
- die Polizei
police
nounA1pl. Polizeiengen. der Polizeiweak declension
Singular collective noun; English uses no article ('police'), German normally does.
- registrieren
to register, to record
verbB2registrieren, registrierte, hat registriertmit habenweakgoverns accusative
- bundesweit
nationwide, across Germany
adverbB1local
- vergangen
past, last
adjectiveB1-, -
Fixed in the phrase 'im vergangenen Jahr' = last year.
- das Jahr
year
nounA1pl. Jahregen. Jahresstrong declension
- laut
according to, per
prepositionB1governs dative
In journalistic German often followed by dative in practice despite being genitive.
- statistisch
statistical
adjectiveB2statistischer, am statistischsten
- das Bundesamt
federal office, federal agency
nounB2pl. Bundesämtergen. Bundesamtesstrong declension
- fast
almost, nearly
adverbA2degree
- der E-Roller-Unfall
e-scooter accident
nounB2pl. E-Roller-Unfällegen. E-Roller-Unfallsstrong declension
- der Vergleich
comparison
nounB1pl. Vergleichegen. Vergleichsmixed declension
Fixed phrase zum Vergleich means 'for comparison, by way of comparison'.
- zu
to, at, too
prepositionA1governs dative
With verbs of movement it takes dative even though motion is involved.
- das Vorjahr
previous year
nounB1pl. Vorjahregen. Vorjahresstrong declension
- das Plus
increase, plus, gain
nounB1pl. Plussegen. Plusstrong declension
- von
from, of, by
prepositionA1governs dative
Used here to mark authorship, like 'by' in English credits.
- rund
around, approximately
adverbB1degree
- das Prozent
percent
nounA2pl. Prozentgen. Prozentsstrong declension
- doch
yet, but, however
conjunctionA2coordinating
As a sentence-initial connector it signals contrast with what was said before; it does not mean English 'doch' of affirmative answers.
- die Helmpflicht
helmet requirement, mandatory helmet law
nounB2pl. Helmpflichtengen. Helmpflichtstrong declension
- geben
give, here: give the appearance of, pose as
verbA1geben, gab, hat gegebenmit habenstrong
'es gibt' + accusative is the standard way to say 'there is/are'
- es
it
pronounA1personal
Often a dummy subject, as in es geht darum.
- hierzulande
in this country, here at home
adverbB2local
- nicht
not
adverbA1negation
Negates single words or phrases directly before them; sentence negation places it later.