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From Diebstahl in der Pflege: "Alles war auf einmal weg", tagesschau.de, 22 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
Damage of 4,000 euros, because money is also missing. Suspicion falls on the carer who supports her at home.
Word for word: A damage of 4,000 euros, for it lacks also money. The suspicion falls on the care-worker, who her at home supports.
News-style reporting: 4,000 euros of damage has occurred and money is missing, so suspicion falls on the home carer who helps the woman.
Two statements joined by the coordinating conjunction 'denn', which does not change verb position. The first is a nominal fragment typical of news style; the second uses 'es' as a dummy subject with 'fehlen'. The final clause is a relative clause introduced by 'die', agreeing in gender and number with 'Pflegekraft' and taking the accusative object 'sie'.
Rules at work(7)
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denn es fehlt auch Geld
'denn' joins two main clauses without changing word order.
Und, aber, oder, denn and sondern join two main clauses and do not count as an element, so the word order after them is unchanged and the verb stays in second position.
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die sie zu Hause unterstützt
In the relative clause the finite verb moves to the end.
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 Pflegekraft, die sie zu Hause unterstützt
'die' is a relative pronoun referring back to feminine 'Pflegekraft' and serving as subject of 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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Der Verdacht fällt auf die Pflegekraft
The finite verb occupies second position in each main clause.
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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fällt auf die Pflegekraft
'fallen auf' is a fixed verb-preposition combination meaning suspicion falls on someone.
Many verbs are tied to one preposition and one case, and the pairing rarely matches the English one. Warten auf takes the accusative, denken an takes the accusative, teilnehmen an takes the dative.
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es fehlt auch Geld
With 'fehlen' the thing that is missing stands in the nominative as subject.
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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fehlt
Present tense used for current states in reportage.
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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Words(20)
- ein
a, an, one
determinerA1indefinite
The form einer here is dative feminine singular, not the pronoun meaning 'one'.
- der Schaden
damage, harm, loss
nounB1pl. Schädengen. Schadensstrong declension
- von
from, of, by
prepositionA1governs dative
Used here to mark authorship, like 'by' in English credits.
- 4000
four thousand
numeralA2
- der Euro
euro
nounA1pl. Eurogen. Eurostrong declension
The plural is identical to the singular: zehn Euro.
- denn
for, because
conjunctionA2coordinating
'Denn' gives a reason but, unlike 'weil', is coordinating and does not push the verb to the end.
- es
it
pronounA1personal
Often a dummy subject, as in es geht darum.
- fehlen
to be missing, to be lacking
verbA2fehlen, fehlte, hat gefehltmit habenweak
The thing missing is the subject; the affected person is dative ('mir fehlt etwas').
- auch
also, too
adverbA1modal
Focus particle; here it means the ministers are included among others already named.
- das Geld
money
nounA1pl. Geldergen. Geldesstrong declension
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- der Verdacht
suspicion
nounB1pl. Verdächtegen. Verdachtsstrong declension
- fallen
to fall, to drop
verbA2fallen, fiel, ist gefallenmit seinstrong
in etwas fallen figuratively = to end up in (a category/benefit).
- auf
on, onto
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Location takes the dative, movement towards the accusative.
- die
the
determinerA1definite
- die Pflegekraft
carer, care worker
nounB2pl. Pflegekräftegen. Pflegekraftmixed declension
- sie
she, they, it (referring to feminine nouns)
pronounA1personal
Here accusative singular feminine, referring back to 'die Publikumsveranstaltung'.
- zu
to, at, too
prepositionA1governs dative
With verbs of movement it takes dative even though motion is involved.
- das Haus
house
nounA1pl. Häusergen. Hausesstrong declension
- unterstützen
to support, to back
verbB1unterstützen, unterstützte, hat unterstütztmit habenweakgoverns accusative