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From Nach Vorstoß aus der SPD: Amthor gegen Grundgesetzänderung für Klimaanpassung, tagesschau.de, 17 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
For an effective adaptation to the climate crisis, what is needed, it says in a paper by SPD-led federal ministries, is 'a nationwide effort that sets priorities, pools resources, intensifies coordination and enables rapid action'.
Word for word: For an effective adaptation to the climate crisis need it 'a whole-of-state effort-of-strength, which priorities sets, resources pools, deliberations intensifies and quick acting enables', says it in a paper SPD-led federal ministries.
This is journalistic reported speech: according to a paper by federal ministries led by the SPD, effective adaptation to the climate crisis requires a concerted national effort that sets priorities, bundles resources, intensifies coordination and enables swift action.
The main clause uses the impersonal passive-like es-construction 'brauche es' with subjunctive one (konjunktiv I) to mark reported speech; 'heißt es' likewise reports. A relative clause introduced by 'die' modifies 'Kraftanstrengung' and contains a series of coordinated verb-final predicates. The genitive attribute 'SPD-geführter Bundesministerien' follows the noun 'Papier'.
Rules at work(8)
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brauche es
'Brauche' is konjunktiv I, third person singular, marking the content as reported speech from the paper.
Reported speech in journalism and formal writing. It is built from the infinitive stem, and where its form would be identical to the ordinary present, Konjunktiv II is used instead to keep the reporting visible.
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die Prioritäten setzt, Ressourcen bündelt, Abstimmungen intensiviert und schnelles Handeln ermöglicht
In the relative clause all finite verbs stand at the end of their conjuncts.
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 Prioritäten setzt
'Die' introduces a relative clause modifying the feminine noun 'Kraftanstrengung'.
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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SPD-geführter Bundesministerien
The genitive plural marks possession, attributing the paper to the ministries.
The genitive shows possession and follows a small set of prepositions. Masculine and neuter nouns add s or es. In speech it is often replaced by von plus the dative, but it is alive in writing and in fixed expressions.
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SPD-geführter Bundesministerien
With no determiner, the adjective takes the strong genitive plural ending -er.
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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SPD-geführter
The past participle 'geführt' functions 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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an die Klimakrise
'An' takes accusative here because the adaptation is directed towards something.
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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Klimakrise, Kraftanstrengung, Bundesministerien
Several nouns are compounds whose gender comes from the final element.
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(27)
- für
for
prepositionA1governs accusative
Here für Dienstag names the day the forecast applies to, not a beneficiary.
- ein
a, an, one
determinerA1indefinite
The form einer here is dative feminine singular, not the pronoun meaning 'one'.
- wirksam
effective, efficacious
adjectiveB2wirksamer, am wirksamsten
- die Anpassung
adaptation, adjustment
nounB2pl. Anpassungengen. Anpassungweak declension
Often with 'an + accusative' for what is adapted to.
- an
on, at, by
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Dative for points in time and location (am Montag), accusative for direction.
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- die Klimakrise
climate crisis
nounB2pl. Klimakrisengen. Klimakriseweak declension
- brauchen
to need
verbA1brauchen, brauchte, hat gebrauchtmit habenweak
takes a direct accusative object, unlike English 'need for'
- es
it
pronounA1personal
Often a dummy subject, as in es geht darum.
- gesamtstaatlich
nationwide as a state effort, whole-of-government
adjectiveC1
- die Kraftanstrengung
great effort, concerted effort
nounC1pl. Kraftanstrengungengen. Kraftanstrengungweak declension
- die
who, which, that
pronounA2relative
Demonstrative 'die' pointing back to a previously mentioned noun; stronger than plain 'sie'.
- die Priorität
priority
nounB2pl. Prioritätengen. Prioritätweak declension
- setzen
set, place, set oneself something
verbA2setzen, setzte, gesetztmit habenweak
sich (Dativ) etwas setzen = to set oneself something as a goal or deadline.
- die Ressource
resource
nounB2pl. Ressourcengen. Ressourceweak declension
- bündeln
to bundle, to pool
verbB2bündeln, bündelte, gebündeltmit habenweakgoverns accusative
- die Abstimmung
coordination, vote, consultation
nounB1pl. Abstimmungengen. Abstimmungweak declension
Here 'coordination between parties'; also means a formal vote.
- intensivieren
to intensify
verbB2intensivieren, intensivierte, intensiviertmit habenweak
- und
and
conjunctionA1coordinating
- schnell
fast, quick
adjectiveA1schneller, am schnellsten
- das Handeln
action, acting
nounB1pl. Handlungengen. Handelnsstrong declension
- ermöglichen
to enable, to make possible
verbB1ermöglichen, ermöglichte, ermöglichtmit habenweak
- heißen
to be called, to say (in reporting)
verbA1heißen, hieß, geheißenmit habenstrong
'Heißt es' is a fixed journalistic formula meaning 'it says / reads'.
- in
in, into
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Dative for location, accusative for direction.
- das Papier
paper, document
nounA2pl. Papieregen. Papiersstrong declension
Here a policy document, not just paper material.
- SPD-geführt
SPD-led
adjectiveC1
- das Bundesministerium
federal ministry
nounB2pl. Bundesministeriengen. Bundesministeriumsstrong declension