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Second sentence of Kurs der Bundesregierung: "Klimapolitik von der Kür zur Pflicht machen", tagesschau.de, 20 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
Political scientist Lena Partzsch explains how German climate policy is doing and what importance it has.
Word for word: Politics-science-woman Lena Partzsch explains, how it around the German climate policy stands and which importance it has.
Used in journalistic or academic contexts to introduce an expert's assessment of the state and significance of German climate policy.
A main clause with the verb 'erklärt' in second position is followed by two coordinated indirect questions introduced by 'wie' and 'welchen', each a subordinate clause with verb-final position. 'wie es um ... steht' is a fixed expression with the dummy subject 'es'. The feminine noun 'Klimapolitik' takes accusative after 'um', and 'Stellenwert' is masculine accusative as the direct object of 'hat'.
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Politikwissenschaftlerin Lena Partzsch erklärt
The finite verb erklärt occupies the second position of the main clause.
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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wie es um die deutsche Klimapolitik steht und welchen Stellenwert sie hat
Two embedded questions introduced by wie and welchen are reported without quotation marks.
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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steht
The finite verb stands at the end of the indirect question clause introduced by wie.
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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es um die deutsche Klimapolitik steht
The fixed expression 'um etwas stehen' links stehen to its prepositional object with um + accusative.
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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um die deutsche Klimapolitik
Um governs the accusative here, shown by die deutsche Klimapolitik.
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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die deutsche Klimapolitik
After the definite article the adjective takes the weak ending -e.
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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Words(16)
- die Politikwissenschaftlerin
female political scientist
nounC1pl. Politikwissenschaftlerinnengen. Politikwissenschaftlerinweak declension
- die Lena
Lena (given name)
nounA1pl. Lenasgen. Lenasinvariable declension
- die Partzsch
Partzsch (surname)
nounC2pl. Partzschsgen. Partzschsinvariable declension
- erklären
to explain, to declare
verbA1erklären, erklärte, hat erklärtmit habenweak
- wie
how
adverbA1modal
Here a free relative meaning 'as', not a question word.
- es
it
pronounA1personal
Often a dummy subject, as in es geht darum.
- um
around, by (an amount), at (a time)
prepositionA1governs accusative
'um 26 Prozent' = 'by 26 percent'; essential pattern for describing differences.
- die
the
determinerA1definite
- deutsch
German
adjectiveA1deutscher, am deutschesten
- die Klimapolitik
climate policy
nounB2pl. Klimapolitikengen. Klimapolitikmixed declension
- stehen
to stand, to come before (figuratively)
verbA1stehen, stand, hat gestandenmit habenstrong
In 'unter Druck stehen' it means 'to be under pressure', not literal standing.
- und
and
conjunctionA1coordinating
- welch
which, what
determinerA2interrogative
- der Stellenwert
importance, significance, place (in a hierarchy of values)
nounC1pl. Stellenwertegen. Stellenwertesstrong declension
- sie
she, they, it (referring to feminine nouns)
pronounA1personal
Here accusative singular feminine, referring back to 'die Publikumsveranstaltung'.
- haben
to have
verbA1haben, hatte, hat gehabtmit habenirregular
As an auxiliary it forms the perfect tenses of most verbs.