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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
What kinds of injuries do you deal with most?
Word for word: With what for injuries have you the most to do?
An interviewer asks which types of injuries occur most often in the interviewee's work; the idiom 'zu tun haben mit' means to deal with or have to handle something.
A W-question with the preposition phrase 'Mit was für Verletzungen' fronted, so the finite verb 'haben' takes second position; 'am meisten' is a fixed superlative adverbial modifying 'zu tun haben'.
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Mit was für Verletzungen haben Sie
The sentence opens with an interrogative phrase and inverts verb and subject.
Wer, was, wo, wann, wie, warum and the rest fill the first position, and the finite verb follows in second place as in any statement. Wer and was decline for case, giving wen and wem.
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Mit was für Verletzungen haben Sie
The fronted prepositional phrase occupies first position, pushing the finite verb 'haben' into second position.
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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Mit ... zu tun
'zu tun haben mit' is a fixed verb-preposition idiom whose preposition can be fronted in questions.
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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Sie
Capitalized 'Sie' is the polite second-person pronoun, taking the plural verb form 'haben'.
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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am meisten
'am meisten' is the superlative adverbial of 'viel', quantifying the dealing-with.
German adds er and st rather than using more and most, however long the adjective. Many one syllable adjectives take an umlaut, and the superlative before a noun takes an ordinary adjective ending while a standalone one uses am plus sten.
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haben ... gibt
Both clauses use the simple present tense, normal in German for current states.
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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der Unfälle
'der Unfälle' is genitive plural complementing 'Fraktionen'.
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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Words(17)
- mit
with, by (means of transport)
prepositionA1governs dative
Always dative, including travel: 'mit dem Bus, mit dem Rad'.
- was
what, which
pronounA1interrogative
Was is used as a relative pronoun after das, alles, etwas, nichts and superlatives.
- für
kind of (in was für)
particleA2
- die Verletzung
injury
nounB1pl. Verletzungengen. Verletzungstrong declension
- haben
to have
verbA1haben, hatte, hat gehabtmit habenirregular
As an auxiliary it forms the perfect tenses of most verbs.
- Sie
you (formal)
pronounA1personal
Always capitalized for formal address.
- zu
marker before infinitives
particleA1
Only certain verbs and expressions allow a zu-infinitive; it also exists as a preposition 'to'.
- tun
to do
verbA1tun, tat, getanmit habenirregular
Strong verb with vowel change only in the du form (du tust); here the regular er/sie/es form tut.
- der Michael
Michael (name)
nounA1pl. Michaelsgen. Michaelsstrong declension
- der Zyskowski
Zyskowski (surname)
nounC2pl. Zyskowskisgen. Zyskowskisstrong declension
- 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'
- zwei
two
numeralA1
- unterschiedlich
different, varying
adjectiveB1unterschiedlicher, am unterschiedlichsten
- die Fraktion
faction, group, category
nounB2pl. Fraktionengen. Fraktionweak declension
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- der Unfall
accident
nounA2pl. Unfällegen. Unfallsstrong declension