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Third sentence of Soziale Gerechtigkeit: Wie gerecht ist die deutsche Klimapolitik?, tagesschau.de, 17 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
Is the government doing enough for social cohesion?
Word for word: Does the government enough for the social balance?
A critical question, typical of political debate or journalism, asking whether the government's efforts to reduce social inequality are sufficient.
A yes/no question formed by putting the finite verb 'tut' in first position. 'die Regierung' is the nominative subject; 'genug' is an indefinite pronoun used as accusative object of 'tun'; 'für den sozialen Ausgleich' is a prepositional phrase with für + accusative containing an adjective (sozialen) with a mixed ending before the definite-article noun phrase.
Rules at work(5)
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Tut die Regierung genug ...?
The finite verb stands alone in first position with no question word, forming a yes/no question.
A question expecting yes or no puts the finite verb first and the subject immediately after it. Nothing else moves.
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Tut die Regierung
The 3rd person singular subject die Regierung takes the matching form tut.
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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die Regierung
The subject of the sentence appears in the nominative.
The nominative marks the subject of the clause: whoever or whatever is doing the verb. It is also the case used after the verbs sein, werden and bleiben, so both sides of Das ist mein Bruder stand in the nominative.
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für den sozialen Ausgleich
für always governs the accusative, hence den Ausgleich.
Durch, für, gegen, ohne and um always take the accusative, whatever they mean and whatever follows them.
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den sozialen Ausgleich
After the definite article in accusative masculine 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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Words(8)
- 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.
- die
the
determinerA1definite
- die Regierung
government
nounA2pl. Regierungengen. Regierungmixed declension
- genug
enough
pronounA2indefinite
- für
for
prepositionA1governs accusative
Here für Dienstag names the day the forecast applies to, not a beneficiary.
- der
the
determinerA1definite
Appears twice: dative feminine 'der Wirtschaft' and nominative plural 'die Beschlüsse'.
- sozial
social
adjectiveA2sozialer, am sozialsten
- der Ausgleich
balance, compensation, social cohesion
nounC1pl. Ausgleichegen. Ausgleichsstrong declension
sozialer Ausgleich is a fixed political term for reducing social inequality.