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From Justizministerin für Grundgesetzänderung: Hubig will mehr Schutz für queere Menschen, tagesschau.de, 22 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
There are indeed still reservations, but also encouraging signals. Hubig, for instance, cited the reaction of Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the attack in Berlin.
Word for word: There be indeed still reservations, but also encouraging signals. Hubig named for-example the reaction of Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the attack in Berlin.
A news-style report: although reservations remain, there are also encouraging signs; the speaker Hubig gave Merz's response to the Berlin attack as an example of such a sign.
The first sentence uses the Konjunktiv II form 'gebe' of 'sein' in a reportive (hearsay) sense, typical of journalistic style, with the concessive particle 'zwar' announcing the contrast completed by 'aber'. 'Ermutigende' is a present participle used attributively with a mixed adjective ending after the zero article plural. The second sentence is a simple verb-second statement; 'nannte' is preterite of 'nennen' and takes a double accusative (person + thing). 'von Kanzler Friedrich Merz' is a genitive-replacing von-phrase, and 'auf den Anschlag' is a fixed prepositional complement of 'Reaktion' governing the accusative.
Rules at work(8)
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gebe
The subjunctive II form 'gebe' of 'sein' marks reported speech, signalling that the speaker is relaying someone else's claim.
The form for the hypothetical, the unreal and the polite. Wäre, hätte and the modals have their own forms; most other verbs use würde plus an infinitive.
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aber
'aber' coordinates the two noun phrases and completes the concessive 'zwar ... aber' pattern.
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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Hubig nannte
The finite verb 'nannte' stands in second position after the subject, the standard order of a German 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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nannte
Journalistic narrative past: the preterite 'nannte' reports a past statement.
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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ermutigende
The present participle of 'ermutigen' is used attributively before the noun 'Signale' with an adjective ending.
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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ermutigende
With no article before a plural noun, the attributive adjective takes the 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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Reaktion ... auf den Anschlag
'Reaktion' is fixed with 'auf' + accusative, so the complement appears in the accusative.
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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Vorbehalte, die Reaktion, den Anschlag
Objects of 'es gibt' and 'nennen', and the complement of 'auf', 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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Words(22)
- es
it
pronounA1personal
Often a dummy subject, as in es geht darum.
- 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'
- zwar
indeed, it is true that
adverbB2modal
Almost always paired with 'aber', 'doch' or 'sondern' later in the sentence.
- noch
still, yet
adverbA1temporal
Before a comparative, 'noch stärker' means 'even stronger'.
- der Vorbehalt
reservation, caveat
nounC1pl. Vorbehaltegen. Vorbehalt(e)sstrong declension
- aber
but, however
conjunctionA1coordinating
After a comma it can act as an adverb meaning 'however' without changing word order.
- auch
also, too
adverbA1modal
Focus particle; here it means the ministers are included among others already named.
- ermutigend
encouraging
adjectiveB2ermutigender, am ermutigendsten
- das Signal
signal, sign
nounB1pl. Signalegen. Signalsstrong declension
- die Hubig
Hubig (surname)
nounC2gen. Hubigsinvariable declension
- nennen
name, call, mention
verbB1nennen, nannte, hat genanntmit habenmixedgoverns accusative and dative
Takes a double accusative (name someone something); 'nennen' is mixed (vowel change plus -te).
- etwa
for example, roughly, perhaps
adverbB2modal
'Etwa' can mean 'approximately', 'perhaps', or here 'for example'; context decides.
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- die Reaktion
reaction, response
nounB1pl. Reaktionengen. Reaktionmixed declension
- von
from, of, by
prepositionA1governs dative
Used here to mark authorship, like 'by' in English credits.
- der Kanzler
chancellor
nounB1pl. Kanzlergen. des Kanzlersmixed declension
Usually refers to the German head of government; der Bundeskanzler.
- der Friedrich
Friedrich (male given name)
nounA2pl. Friedrichsgen. Friedrichsinvariable declension
- der Merz
Merz (surname)
nounC1pl. Merzesgen. Merzstrong declension
- auf
on, onto
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Location takes the dative, movement towards the accusative.
- der Anschlag
attack, bombing
nounB2pl. Anschlägegen. Anschlagsstrong declension
Typically a violent, often politically motivated attack.
- in
in, into
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Dative for location, accusative for direction.
- das Berlin
Berlin
nounA1pl. —gen. Berlinsinvariable declension