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From Diebstahl in der Pflege: "Alles war auf einmal weg", tagesschau.de, 22 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
As it later turns out, relatives of other people in need of care also report that valuables are missing.
Word for word: How itself later out-turns, report also relatives of other care-needy, that valuables lack.
It later becomes apparent that relatives of other care recipients also complain that valuables have gone missing — likely in the context of suspected theft in a care facility.
The sentence opens with a free relative clause 'Wie sich später herausstellt' functioning as the first position, so the finite verb 'melden' occupies second position in the main clause. 'sich herausstellen' is a reflexive verb; 'später' is an adverb of time. The main clause subject is 'Angehörige anderer Pflegebedürftiger' (genitive attribute), and a subordinate clause with 'dass' carries verb-final word order, with 'fehlen' as a dative-subject verb.
Rules at work(8)
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Wie sich später herausstellt
'Wie sich später herausstellt' is a parenthetical free relative clause filling the preverbal slot, forcing the main verb into second position.
A wie-clause can stand before a main clause like 'as it turns out' and counts as the first position.
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melden auch Angehörige
After the fronted clause, the finite verb must come second in 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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dass Wertsachen fehlen
In a dass-clause the finite verb moves to the end.
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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dass
'dass' introduces the reported content clause.
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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herausstellt
The prefix 'heraus' of 'herausstellen' is reattached in the subordinate clause.
Some verbs carry a prefix that detaches in a main clause and moves to the very end: aufstehen becomes Ich stehe um sieben auf. The prefix is stressed, which is what tells a separable prefix from an inseparable one. In a subordinate clause and in the infinitive the verb stays whole.
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sich ... herausstellt
'sich herausstellen' is inherently reflexive.
A reflexive verb takes a pronoun pointing back at the subject. The pronoun is usually accusative, but it turns dative as soon as the verb has another direct object, which is why it is ich wasche mich but ich wasche mir die Hände.
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anderer Pflegebedürftiger
The genitive plural marks possession: relatives of other care recipients.
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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Angehörige ... Pflegebedürftiger
Both nouns are nominalized adjectives declined with adjective endings.
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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Words(12)
- wie
how
adverbA1modal
Here a free relative meaning 'as', not a question word.
- sich
himself/herself/themselves, itself
pronounA2reflexive
Always refers back to the subject; here it is fixed to the verb 'sich mehren'.
- später
later
adverbA2temporal
- herausstellen
to turn out, to become apparent
verbB2stellt heraus, stellte heraus, hat herausgestelltmit habenseparableweak
Almost always used reflexively: 'es stellt sich heraus, dass...'
- melden
to report, to notify
verbB1meldet, meldete, hat gemeldetmit habenweak
- auch
also, too
adverbA1modal
Focus particle; here it means the ministers are included among others already named.
- der Angehörige
relatives, family members
nounB1pl. die Angehörigengen. des Angehörigenadjectival declension
- ander-
other
determinerA1indefinite
- die Pflegebedürftige
person in need of care
nounC1pl. die Pflegebedürftigengen. der Pflegebedürftigenadjectival declension
- dass
that
conjunctionA2subordinating
Always sends the finite verb to the end of the clause.
- die Wertsachen
valuables
nounB1pl. die Wertsachengen. der Wertsachenstrong declension
- fehlen
to be missing, to be lacking
verbA2fehlen, fehlte, hat gefehltmit habenweak
The thing missing is the subject; the affected person is dative ('mir fehlt etwas').