Grammatik

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Grammatik

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    Konzessive KonnektorenFour ways to express the same contrast — the choice determines sentence structure and style level.
    3 parts
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    Nebensätze: indem, ohne dass, statt dassThese conjunctions express means, absence and replacement — and can often be shortened to an infinitive group.
    4 parts
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    Irreale Vergleichssätze mit als ob`als ob`, `als wenn` and `als` describe an impression that does not correspond to reality.
    3 parts
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    Konjunktiv II der Vergangenheit`hätte` or `wäre` + Partizip II describes what could have been — and is the form for regret and criticism.
    4 parts
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    Konjunktiv I in der indirekten RedeKonjunktiv I reports other people's statements without evaluating them — the language of reports, minutes and news.
    4 parts
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    Subjektive Bedeutung der ModalverbenModal verbs express not only obligation and ability, but also how certain the speaker is.
    3 parts
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    PassiversatzformenFour constructions replace the passive with a modal verb — shorter, more elegant and the norm in technical texts.
    4 parts
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    PartizipialattributeA whole relative clause can be condensed into an attribute before the noun — the hallmark of written technical language.
    4 parts
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    Partizipialsätze und VerkürzungenWhole subordinate clauses can be reduced to a participial group — the basis of a dense, professional style.
    3 parts
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    NominalisierungWritten language condenses verbs into nouns. Whoever masters this reads official texts more easily — and writes more precisely themselves.
    3 parts
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    Nominalstil und Verbalstil umformenMastering both directions is the core skill at B2: turning an official text into an understandable sentence and vice versa.
    3 parts
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    FunktionsverbgefügeA verb with little meaning, together with a noun, carries the statement — typical of administration, law and business.
    3 parts
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    Präpositionen mit GenitivWritten language knows far more genitive prepositions than everyday speech — they are the hallmark of formal texts.
    3 parts
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    Verben mit festen Präpositionen im DiskursA handful of verbs carries almost every argument — whoever masters them confidently immediately sounds well-structured.
    3 parts
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    Textkohäsion: VerweiswörterA text holds together through references: pronouns, pronominal adverbs and words like `dieser`, `letzterer`, `dabei`.
    3 parts
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    Modalpartikeln`doch, mal, eben, halt, ja, wohl, denn, schon` do not change the content but the tone — and are hardly translatable.
    3 parts
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    Negation auf B2Beyond `nicht` and `kein` there are graded negations: `kaum, keineswegs, weder … noch, alles andere als`.
    3 parts
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    Wortbildung: Präfixe und SuffixeDozens of words can be derived from one known word. Whoever knows the building blocks understands unknown words without having learned them.
    4 parts
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    Steigerung: unregelmässig und attributivComparative and superlative before the noun additionally receive an adjective ending — and some forms are irregular.
    4 parts
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    Konsekutive Sätze`so dass`, `sodass`, `so … dass` and `zu … als dass` describe the result of a cause.
    4 parts
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    Satzklammer und komplexe WortstellungGerman sentences enclose their content: the first part of the verb comes early, the second at the very end.
    4 parts
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    Konditionale KonnektorenBesides `wenn` there are `falls, sofern, angenommen, vorausgesetzt, es sei denn` — each with its own nuance.
    3 parts
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    Der Gebrauch von es`es` is sometimes a real subject, sometimes a mere placeholder — and sometimes it has to go as soon as something else stands in front.
    4 parts
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    Stil: vom Alltag zum FachtextThe same statement has several style levels. At B2 you are expected to choose the appropriate one — and not to mix them.
    4 parts