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Second sentence of Eröffnung in Cochstedt: Forschungszentrum soll Drohnenabwehr verbessern, tagesschau.de, 18 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
There, targeted defence options against the growing threat are also to be developed.
Word for word: There shall also targeted defence-possibilities against the growing threat developed become.
Said in a planning or report context: at that place (e.g. in a facility or strategy), specific countermeasures against an increasing threat are supposed to be developed.
A passive construction with a modal verb: 'sollen' is finite in second position, the passive is formed with the past participle 'entwickelt' plus the infinitive 'werden' at the end of the clause. 'gezielte' takes a mixed adjective ending before the plural noun 'Abwehrmöglichkeiten', and 'die wachsende Bedrohung' is accusative as object of the preposition 'gegen'.
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sollen
The finite modal 'sollen' governs the infinitive phrase 'entwickelt werden' at the end of the clause.
The six modals können, müssen, dürfen, sollen, wollen and mögen say something about the main verb rather than naming an action. The modal is the finite verb in second position and the main verb goes to the end of the clause as an infinitive.
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entwickelt werden
The subject 'Abwehrmöglichkeiten' is the thing being developed, so the passive with 'werden' plus past participle is used.
Werden plus a past participle. The agent, when it is mentioned at all, follows von for a person and durch for a means. In the perfect passive the participle of werden appears as worden rather than geworden.
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Dort sollen
The fronted adverb 'Dort' occupies the first position, so the finite verb 'sollen' comes second.
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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gegen die wachsende Bedrohung
'gegen' always takes the accusative, hence 'die ... Bedrohung'.
Durch, für, gegen, ohne and um always take the accusative, whatever they mean and whatever follows them.
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die wachsende Bedrohung
After the definite article the adjective takes the weak ending -e in the accusative feminine.
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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gezielte Abwehrmöglichkeiten
With no article before a plural noun, the adjective takes the strong/mixed plural ending -e.
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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gezielte
The past participle 'gezielt' is used attributively as an adjective.
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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Abwehrmöglichkeiten
The noun is a compound of 'Abwehr' and 'Möglichkeit'.
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(11)
- dort
there
adverbA1local
- sollen
should, to be supposed to
verbA2sollen, sollte, gesolltmit habenmodal
In reporting, 'soll' signals that something is planned or claimed rather than fact.
- auch
also, too
adverbA1modal
Focus particle; here it means the ministers are included among others already named.
- gezielt
targeted, deliberate
adjectiveB2gezielter, am gezieltesten
- die Abwehrmöglichkeit
defence option, means of defence
nounC1pl. Abwehrmöglichkeitengen. Abwehrmöglichkeitmixed declension
- gegen
against, towards
prepositionA2governs accusative
With clock times it means 'approximately at'.
- die
the
determinerA1definite
- wachsend
growing, increasing
adjectiveB2—, —
Present participle of wachsen used as an adjective.
- die Bedrohung
threat
nounB2pl. Bedrohungengen. Bedrohungmixed declension
- entwickeln
to develop, to evolve
verbB1entwickeln, entwickelte, hat entwickeltmit habenweak
- werden
become, will (future auxiliary)
verbA2werden, wurde, ist gewordenmit habenirregular
Also the passive auxiliary; do not confuse with bekommen (= receive).