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From Unfälle mit E-Scootern: "Jeder Helm ist eine Hilfe", tagesschau.de, 18 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
In an interview with tagesschau24, the trauma surgeon Michael Zyskowski describes what consequences this can have and why prevention is also important. tagesschau24: If someone has a serious accident, they end up, among other things, on your operating table.
Word for word: In-the interview with tagesschau24 describes the accident-surgeon Michael Zyskowski, which consequences that have can and why also prevention important is. tagesschau24: When someone a serious accident has, lands he among other things also with you on the operating table.
A news introduction to an interview: a trauma surgeon explains the possible consequences of an accident and the importance of prevention. The quoted question notes that accident victims end up on his operating table, among other places.
The first sentence is a statement with the verb in second position (schildert), followed by two embedded indirect questions (welche Folgen das haben kann, warum auch Prävention wichtig ist) joined by und, each with verb-final word order. The second sentence is a conditional clause introduced by wenn with the verb hat at the end, and the main clause landet er... follows with verb-first position after the fronted subordinate clause. Ihnen is the dative formal second-person pronoun; auf dem Operationstisch uses auf with dative because it expresses location.
Rules at work(13)
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Im Interview mit tagesschau24 schildert
The fronted prepositional phrase occupies first position, so the finite verb schildert must come second.
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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welche Folgen das haben kann und warum auch Prävention wichtig ist
Two embedded questions introduced by welche and warum keep declarative verb-final order instead of the fronting of direct questions.
A question inside another sentence becomes a subordinate clause and its verb moves to the end. A question word introduces it, and where there is none, ob does the job.
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welche Folgen das haben kann
In the embedded clause the modal kann stands at the end with the infinitive haben before it.
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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Wenn jemand einen schweren Unfall hat
wenn introduces a conditional clause and sends the finite verb hat to the end.
Weil, dass, wenn, als, ob, obwohl, damit, nachdem, bevor and the rest introduce a subordinate clause and send its finite verb to the very end.
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Wenn jemand einen schweren Unfall hat, landet er
When the wenn-clause comes first, the main clause begins directly with its finite verb landet.
A subordinate clause standing before the main clause fills the first position on its own, so the main clause verb comes immediately after the comma and the subject follows it. Weil ich müde war, bin ich früh ins Bett gegangen.
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schildert der Unfallchirurg
The third-person singular subject takes the -t ending on the present-tense verb.
The finite verb takes an ending that matches its subject in person and number. The endings for regular verbs in the present are e, st, t, en, t, en.
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Wenn jemand einen schweren Unfall hat, landet er
A real condition with wenn plus present tense in both clauses.
Wenn introduces a condition and sends its verb to the end. The wenn can be dropped, in which case the verb moves to the front of the clause instead.
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einen schweren Unfall
Unfall is the direct object of haben, so determiner and adjective take accusative forms.
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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einen schweren Unfall
After the indefinite determiner einen the adjective takes the mixed ending -en.
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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auf dem Operationstisch
auf expresses location here, so it governs the dative dem Operationstisch.
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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mit tagesschau24 ... bei Ihnen ... unter anderem
mit, bei and (here) unter always take the dative.
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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bei Ihnen
The interviewer addresses the surgeon politely with the capitalised formal pronoun Ihnen in the dative.
Sie, always capitalised, is the polite form for one person or several. It takes the same verb form as the third person plural, so only the capital letter and the context tell Sie and sie apart.
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das haben kann
können is conjugated in the finite slot while the infinitive haben stands at the clause end.
The six modals können, müssen, dürfen, sollen, wollen and mögen say something about the main verb rather than naming an action. The modal is the finite verb in second position and the main verb goes to the end of the clause as an infinitive.
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Words(33)
- in
in, into
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Dative for location, accusative for direction.
- das Interview
interview
nounB1pl. Interviewsgen. Interviewsstrong declension
- mit
with, by (means of transport)
prepositionA1governs dative
Always dative, including travel: 'mit dem Bus, mit dem Rad'.
- das tagesschau24
German news TV channel
nounC2pl. tagesschau24gen. tagesschau24invariable declension
- schildern
to describe, to depict, to give an account of
verbB1schildern, schilderte, hat geschildertmit habenweak
Takes a direct accusative object; do not confuse with erzählen, which often needs von or über.
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- der Unfallchirurg
trauma surgeon, accident surgeon
nounC1pl. Unfallchirurgengen. Unfallchirurgenweak declension
- der Michael
Michael (name)
nounA1pl. Michaelsgen. Michaelsstrong declension
- der Zyskowski
Zyskowski (surname)
nounC2pl. Zyskowskisgen. Zyskowskisstrong declension
- welch-
which, what
determinerA2interrogative
Takes the same endings as der/die/das and is used in both direct and indirect questions.
- die Folge
consequence, result, episode (of a series)
nounB1pl. Folgengen. Folgemixed declension
- das
that, what
pronounA1demonstrative
Before a comma, das is usually a pronoun introducing a relative clause, not the article.
- haben
to have
verbA1haben, hatte, hat gehabtmit habenirregular
As an auxiliary it forms the perfect tenses of most verbs.
- 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.
- und
and
conjunctionA1coordinating
- warum
why
adverbA2
- auch
also, too
adverbA1modal
Focus particle; here it means the ministers are included among others already named.
- die Prävention
prevention
nounC1pl. Präventionengen. Präventionweak declension
Formal register; everyday speech often uses Vorbeugung or vorbeugende Maßnahmen.
- wichtig
important
adjectiveA1wichtiger, am wichtigsten
- sein
to be
verbA1sein, war, ist gewesenmit seinirregular
Copula here linking subject to predicate noun.
- wenn
if, when(ever)
conjunctionA2subordinating
triggers verb-final word order; conditional 'if' here
- jemand
someone, somebody
pronounA2indefinite
Declines only in writing with an added -s/-m (jemanden, jemandem); often left undeclined in speech.
- ein
a, an, one
determinerA1indefinite
The form einer here is dative feminine singular, not the pronoun meaning 'one'.
- schwer
heavy, severe, difficult
adjectiveA2schwerer, am schwersten
- der Unfall
accident
nounA2pl. Unfällegen. Unfallsstrong declension
- landen
to land, to end up
verbA2landen, landete, hat gelandetmit habenweak
- er
he
pronounA1personal
- unter
under, among, citing
prepositionA2governs accusative or dative
'unter Berufung auf' is a set journalistic phrase meaning 'citing'.
- ander-
other, another
pronounA1indefinite
Substantivised form declined like an adjective; 'die anderen' means 'the others'.
- bei
at, near, with
prepositionA2governs dative
'bei 42 Prozent' = 'at 42 percent', standard in poll reporting.
- Sie
you (formal)
pronounA1personal
Always capitalized for formal address.
- auf
on, onto
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Location takes the dative, movement towards the accusative.
- der Operationstisch
operating table
nounB2pl. Operationstischegen. Operationstischesmixed declension