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Tag der deutschen Sprache

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Der Tag der deutschen Sprache ist ein Aktionstag.

The Day of the German Language is an action day.

An diesem Tag geht es um die deutsche Sprache.

On this day, the focus is on the German language.

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Aktionstag← der Aktionstag

a day of action or special event plural: die Aktionstage

Grammar in this text

Prepositional phrase with 'um' + accusative

An diesem Tag geht es um die deutsche Sprache.

The phrase 'geht es um' means 'it is about' and is followed by the accusative case. This structure is used to indicate the topic or subject of discussion.

Dative after 'an' with 'Tag'

An diesem Tag

The preposition 'an' takes the dative case when indicating a specific day or time. 'diesem' is the dative form of 'dieser'.

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Text from Tag der deutschen Sprache — Hurraki, used under CC BY-SA 3.0 DE. See sources.

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