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Third sentence of Finanzminister in den tagesthemen: Klingbeil sieht Regierung nach Klausur im Aufbruch, tagesschau.de, 26 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) sees the federal government as being on a good path after the joint cabinet retreat in Neuhardenberg.
Word for word: Finance minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) sees the federal government after the common cabinet retreat in Neuhardenberg on a good way.
A news-style statement reporting that the finance minister judges the government's course positively following a cabinet strategy meeting; typical of journalistic German.
A main clause with verb-second word order: the subject phrase 'Finanzminister Lars Klingbeil (SPD)' occupies the first position, so the finite verb 'sieht' comes second, followed by the accusative object 'die Bundesregierung' and adverbial phrases of time/place ('nach der gemeinsamen Kabinettsklausur in Neuhardenberg') and a locative predicate 'auf einem guten Weg'. 'Nach' governs the dative, hence 'der gemeinsamen Kabinettsklausur' with weak adjective ending.
Rules at work(7)
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Finanzminister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) sieht
The subject phrase fills the first position, forcing the finite verb into second place.
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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die Bundesregierung
The direct object of sehen stands 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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nach der gemeinsamen Kabinettsklausur
nach always governs the dative, hence der ... Kabinettsklausur.
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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sieht
The finite verb is the 3rd person singular present of sehen.
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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in Neuhardenberg
in takes the dative here because it expresses static location.
An, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor and zwischen take the accusative when the phrase answers where to, and the dative when it answers where. The distinction is movement across a boundary against position, not motion against stillness.
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der gemeinsamen Kabinettsklausur
After the definite article the adjective takes the weak ending -en in the dative singular.
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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Finanzminister
The noun is formed from Finanz + Minister, as is Kabinettsklausur from Kabinett + Klausur.
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(16)
- der Finanzminister
finance minister
nounB2pl. Finanzministergen. Finanzministersstrong declension
Compound of Finanzen + Minister; refers to the head of the finance ministry.
- der Lars
Lars (given name)
nounA2pl. Larsegen. Larsstrong declension
- der Klingbeil
Klingbeil (surname)
nounC1gen. Klingbeilsstrong declension
- die SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany
nounB1pl. SPDsgen. SPDinvariable declension
Feminine abbreviation, used without an article when naming the party affiliation.
- sehen
to see
verbA1sehen, sah, hat gesehenmit habenstrong
Here figurative: 'jemanden/etwas auf einem guten Weg sehen' means to judge someone as doing well.
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- die Bundesregierung
federal government
nounB2pl. Bundesregierungengen. Bundesregierungstrong declension
- nach
after
prepositionA1governs dative
With places it means movement towards; here temporal 'after'.
- gemeinsam
joint, common, shared
adjectiveA2gemeinsamer, am gemeinsamen/gemeinsamsten
- die Kabinettsklausur
cabinet retreat, cabinet closed-door meeting
nounC2pl. Kabinettsklausurengen. Kabinettsklausurmixed declension
Journalistic term for a working session of the cabinet away from Berlin.
- in
in, into
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Dative for location, accusative for direction.
- das Neuhardenberg
Neuhardenberg (town in Brandenburg)
nounC2gen. Neuhardenbergsstrong declension
- auf
on, onto
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Location takes the dative, movement towards the accusative.
- ein
a, an, one
determinerA1indefinite
The form einer here is dative feminine singular, not the pronoun meaning 'one'.
- gut
good, well
adjectiveA1besser, am besten / das beste
Irregular comparison like English good/better/best.
- der Weg
way, path
nounA1pl. Wegegen. Wegesmixed declension
'Auf dem richtigen/guten Weg sein' = to be on the right track.