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From Wahl in Sachsen-Anhalt: Lackmustest für die Linke, tagesschau.de, 24 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
She wants more staff in schools and daycare centres, short distances to specialists even in rural areas, and companies in the hands of their employees.
Word for word: She wants more personnel at schools and daycares, short ways to the specialist-doctor also in the rural space, and companies in the hand of the employees.
A political demand or programme statement: the speaker lists three goals — more staff in education, better access to medical specialists in the countryside, and employee-owned businesses.
A main clause with the finite verb 'will' in second position and three coordinated noun phrases as direct objects of 'wollen'. Each object is an accusative noun phrase; the third contains a prepositional phrase 'in der Hand der Beschäftigten' with dative after 'in'.
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Sie will mehr Personal
The finite modal verb 'will' stands in second position after the subject.
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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will mehr Personal ... und Unternehmen
'Wollen' expresses desire and governs bare noun-phrase complements here rather than infinitives.
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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der Beschäftigten
Genitive plural marks whose hands the companies are in.
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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der Beschäftigten
The participle 'beschäftigt' is substantivised and declined like an adjective.
An adjective can be capitalised and used as a noun, and it goes on taking adjective endings: der Alte, ein Alter, etwas Neues.
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Sie will
Third-person singular subject takes the -Ø form 'will'.
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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und Kitas ... und Unternehmen
'Und' links items within each list without changing word order.
Und, aber, oder, denn and sondern join two main clauses and do not count as an element, so the word order after them is unchanged and the verb stays in second position.
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an Schulen und Kitas
'An' takes dative for a static location.
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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zum Facharzt
'Zu' always governs 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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kurze Wege
With no determiner, the adjective carries the strong accusative plural ending -e.
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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im ländlichen Raum
After the definite article in 'im', the adjective takes the weak dative ending -en.
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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Facharzt
Compound of Fach + Arzt written as one word.
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(19)
- sie
she, they, it (referring to feminine nouns)
pronounA1personal
Here accusative singular feminine, referring back to 'die Publikumsveranstaltung'.
- wollen
to want, to want to
verbA1wollen, wollte, hat gewolltmit habenmodal
Wollen has no umlaut in its conjugation: ich will, wir wollen.
- viel
much, more (comparative 'mehr')
adverbA1degree
'mehr' is the fixed comparative form of both 'viel' and 'gut'; it never takes '-er'.
- das Personal
staff, personnel
nounB1pl. Personalgen. Personalsstrong declension
Mass noun, usually no plural and no article.
- an
on, at, by
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Dative for points in time and location (am Montag), accusative for direction.
- die Schule
school
nounA1pl. Schulengen. Schuleweak declension
- und
and
conjunctionA1coordinating
- die Kita
day-care centre, nursery
nounB1pl. Kitasgen. Kitastrong declension
- kurz
short, briefly, shortly
adjectiveA1kürzer, am kürzesten / kürzeste
- der Weg
way, path
nounA1pl. Wegegen. Wegesmixed declension
'Auf dem richtigen/guten Weg sein' = to be on the right track.
- zu
to, at, too
prepositionA1governs dative
With verbs of movement it takes dative even though motion is involved.
- der Facharzt
specialist doctor, consultant
nounB1pl. Fachärztegen. Facharztesweak declension
- auch
also, too
adverbA1modal
Focus particle; here it means the ministers are included among others already named.
- in
in, into
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Dative for location, accusative for direction.
- ländlich
rural
adjectiveB1ländlicher, am ländlichsten
- der Raum
room, space, area
nounA2pl. Räumegen. Raumesstrong declension
- das Unternehmen
company, enterprise
nounB1pl. Unternehmengen. Unternehmensstrong declension
- die
the
determinerA1definite
- die Hand
hand
nounA1pl. Händegen. Handmixed declension