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From Bundesjustizministerin: Hubig will Mietern Einbau von Klimaanlagen erleichtern, tagesschau.de, 19 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
"I can imagine, for example, making it easier for tenants to equip their apartments with air conditioning or sun blinds." Hubig pointed out that there are currently some obstacles to such projects by tenants.
Word for word: "I can myself for example imagine, that we it tenants and landlords ease, their apartments with air-conditioning-systems or sun-blinds to-equip." Hubig referred thereon, that it at corresponding undertakings of tenants currently some obstacles give.
A politician is quoted saying she can picture making it easier for tenants to install air conditioning or sun blinds, and then reports her remark that tenants currently face obstacles when attempting such renovations.
The first sentence has a finite verb-second main clause with the separable verb 'vorstellen' (prefix 'vor' at the end), a reflexive dative 'mir', and a 'dass'-subordinate clause whose verb-final complex predicate is the modal-style construction 'erleichtern ... auszustatten', where 'auszustatten' is a zu-infinitive depending on 'erleichtern'. The second sentence embeds another 'dass'-clause after the pronominal adverb 'darauf'; its verb 'gebe' is subjunctive one, marking reported speech.
Rules at work(8)
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Ich kann mir zum Beispiel vorstellen
The main clause keeps the finite modal kann in second position after the subject Ich.
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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dass wir es Mieterinnen und Mietern erleichtern
After the conjunction dass the finite verb erleichtern moves to the end of the clause.
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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auszustatten
The separable verb ausstatten forms its zu-infinitive by inserting zu between prefix and stem, and this infinitive depends on erleichtern.
Many verbs, adjectives and nouns take an infinitive introduced by zu, which stands at the end of its clause. With a separable verb the zu goes between the prefix and the stem, giving aufzustehen.
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dass es ... einige Hindernisse gebe
Gebe is subjunctive one, the standard form for indirectly reported speech in journalism.
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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Ich kann mir zum Beispiel vorstellen
The prefix vor- of vorstellen detaches and would sit at the end of a simple clause; as a modal infinitive it stays whole in final position.
Some verbs carry a prefix that detaches in a main clause and moves to the very end: aufstehen becomes Ich stehe um sieben auf. The prefix is stressed, which is what tells a separable prefix from an inseparable one. In a subordinate clause and in the infinitive the verb stays whole.
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Mieterinnen und Mietern
Erleichtern takes a dative person; the masculine plural also shows the dative plural -n ending.
The dative marks the indirect object, usually the person something is given, said or shown to. A number of common verbs take a dative object where English would use a direct one, and several prepositions always take it.
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verwies darauf, dass
Verweisen auf requires the pronominal adverb darauf to point to the following dass-clause.
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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bei entsprechenden Vorhaben
Bei always takes the dative, shown by the -en ending on entsprechenden and the plural Vorhaben.
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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Words(31)
- ich
I
pronounA1personal
- können
can, be able to, may, might (as könnte)
verbA1können, konnte, hat gekonntmit habenmodal
könnte is the Konjunktiv II and softens a claim into a possibility.
- mir
to me, myself
pronounA1reflexive
dative reflexive form of ich; here fixed with sich vorstellen.
- zum
to the (zu + dem), as of, by (with dates and deadlines)
prepositionA1governs dative
Fixed contraction of zu + dem, never split; with time expressions 'zum Stichtag' means 'as of the cut-off date'.
- das Beispiel
example
nounA2pl. Beispielegen. Beispielsstrong declension
- vorstellen
to present, to introduce, to imagine (sich vorstellen)
verbA2vorstellen, stellte vor, hat vorgestelltmit habenseparableirregular
Separable in the sense 'to present/introduce'; 'sich vorstellen' can also mean 'to introduce oneself' or 'to imagine'.
- dass
that
conjunctionA2subordinating
Always sends the finite verb to the end of the clause.
- wir
we
pronounA1personal
- es
it
pronounA1personal
Often a dummy subject, as in es geht darum.
- die Mieterin
female tenant
nounB1pl. Mieterinnengen. Mieterinweak declension
- und
and
conjunctionA1coordinating
- der Mieter
tenant
nounB1pl. Mietergen. Mietersstrong declension
- erleichtern
to make easier, to facilitate
verbB1erleichtern, erleichterte, hat erleichtertmit habenweakgoverns dative
Often used passively with a dative beneficiary: 'jemandem wird etwas erleichtert'.
- ihr
their, her
determinerA2possessive
Refers to feminine or plural possessors; here 'its' (the commission's).
- die Wohnung
flat, apartment
nounA1pl. Wohnungengen. Wohnungstrong declension
- mit
with, by (means of transport)
prepositionA1governs dative
Always dative, including travel: 'mit dem Bus, mit dem Rad'.
- die Klimaanlage
air conditioning unit
nounB1pl. Klimaanlagengen. Klimaanlageweak declension
- oder
or
conjunctionA1coordinating
- die Sonnenblende
sun blind, sunshade
nounC1pl. Sonnenblendengen. Sonnenblendeweak declension
- ausstatten
to equip, to fit out
verbC1ausstatten, stattete aus, hat ausgestattetmit habenseparableweakausstatten mit + dative
Separable; with 'mit + dative' for what something is equipped with.
- die Hubig
Hubig (surname)
nounC2gen. Hubigsinvariable declension
- verweisen
to refer to, to point out
verbC1verweisen, verwies, verwiesenmit habenstrongauf + Akkusativ
- darauf
on that, to that
adverbB1conjunctional
pronominal adverb (da(r)- + preposition) pointing forward to a following dass-clause.
- bei
at, near, with
prepositionA2governs dative
'bei 42 Prozent' = 'at 42 percent', standard in poll reporting.
- entsprechend
corresponding, relevant, appropriate
adjectiveB2entsprechender, am entsprechendsten
- das Vorhaben
plan, project, undertaking, intention
nounB2pl. Vorhabengen. Vorhabensstrong declension
Singular and plural are identical (das Vorhaben / die Vorhaben); a neutral word for a planned scheme, very common in news texts.
- von
from, of, by
prepositionA1governs dative
Used here to mark authorship, like 'by' in English credits.
- derzeit
currently, at present
adverbB2temporal
- einige
some, several
determinerA2quantifier
Declines like the strong adjective endings when there is no article.
- das Hindernis
obstacle, hurdle
nounB2pl. Hindernissegen. Hindernissesmixed declension
- 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'