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From Finanzminister in den tagesthemen: Klingbeil sieht Regierung nach Klausur im Aufbruch, tagesschau.de, 26 August 2026. Quoted for study. The words are the publisher's; the analysis is ours.
Meaning
We want to secure jobs, create new ones, and we want to bring our social security systems up to scratch.
Word for word: We want jobs to secure, new to create, and we want our social security systems on front-line to bring.
A political statement of intent, typical of speeches or manifestos: securing existing jobs, creating new ones, and reforming the social insurance systems.
A main clause with the modal verb 'wollen' governing three coordinated infinitives at the end: 'sichern', 'schaffen' and 'bringen'. The second and third infinitives share the modal across a coordinating 'und', with 'neue' standing for 'neue Arbeitsplätze'. The final infinitive 'bringen' closes the whole coordinated construction.
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Wir wollen
The finite modal verb occupies the second position after the subject in the first 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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Wir wollen ... wir wollen
'wollen' appears as 'wollen' agreeing with the first-person plural subject both times.
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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wollen
German uses the present tense of the modal to express present intention about the future.
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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und
'und' coordinates two full clauses 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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unsere sozialen Sicherungssysteme
'unsere' is the first-person plural possessive determiner modifying the accusative plural noun phrase.
Mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer and Ihr take their stem from the owner and their ending from the thing owned, which is why seine Mutter and ihr Vater are the way they are.
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Arbeitsplätze, Sicherungssysteme
Both nouns are compounds whose gender comes from the final element (Platz masculine, System neuter).
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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neue schaffen
'neue' stands alone for 'neue Arbeitsplätze', an elliptical nominalised use of the 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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Words(13)
- wir
we
pronounA1personal
- wollen
to want, to want to
verbA1wollen, wollte, hat gewolltmit habenmodal
Wollen has no umlaut in its conjugation: ich will, wir wollen.
- der Arbeitsplatz
job, workplace
nounB1pl. Arbeitsplätzegen. Arbeitsplatzesstrong declension
- sichern
to secure, to safeguard
verbB2sichern, sicherte, hat gesichertmit habenseparableweakgoverns accusative
Separable in main clauses (sichert ... ab is sichern? no: sichern is inseparable-looking but plain); here it appears as zu-infinitive.
- neu
new
adjectiveA1
- schaffen
to create, to manage (colloquial)
verbB1schaffen, schaffte, hat geschafftmit habenmixed
'schaffen' meaning 'create' is regular; colloquial 'to manage' is strong (schaffte, geschafft both used).
- und
and
conjunctionA1coordinating
- unser
our
determinerA1possessive
- sozial
social
adjectiveA2sozialer, am sozialsten
- das Sicherungssystem
security system, insurance system
nounC1pl. Sicherungssystemegen. Sicherungssystemsstrong declension
- auf
on, onto
prepositionA1governs accusative or dative
Location takes the dative, movement towards the accusative.
- der Vordermann
front rank, good order
nounC2pl. Vordermännergen. Vordermannsstrong declension
Occurs almost only in the idiom 'etwas auf Vordermann bringen' = to put something in order.
- bringen
to bring, to get something into a state
verbA1bringen, brachte, hat gebrachtmit habenstrong