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Jahr

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Während eines Jahres gibt es vier Jahreszeiten, nämlich Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter.

During a year, there are four seasons, namely spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Ein bekanntes Lied über das Jahr und seine Jahresuhr hat Rolf Zuckowski geschrieben.

Rolf Zuckowski wrote a well-known song about the year and its year clock.

Damit können kleinere Kinder die Monate von Januar bis Dezember lernen.

This way, younger children can learn the months from January to December.

3 words above A2

Während← während
during Takes the genitive case: 'während eines Jahres'. while (at the same time as); whereas, while (in contrast to) B1/ˈvɛːʁənt/
namely namely, specifically; used to further specify what exactly one was talking about just before; because, after all; used to follow up a statement with… B2/ˈnɛːmlɪç/
Jahresuhr
year clock (a chart that shows the months of the year) Compound noun: 'Jahr' + 'Uhr'.

Grammar in this text

Present perfect (Perfekt) with 'haben'

Ein bekanntes Lied über das Jahr und seine Jahresuhr hat Rolf Zuckowski geschrieben.

The perfect tense uses the auxiliary 'haben' in the present tense and the past participle 'geschrieben' at the end of the sentence. It is used to talk about past events.

Modal verb with infinitive in a main clause

Damit können kleinere Kinder die Monate von Januar bis Dezember lernen.

The modal verb 'können' is in the second position, and the main verb 'lernen' stays in its base form at the end of the clause. This is the typical sentence bracket in German.

Genitive preposition 'während'

Während eines Jahres

The preposition 'während' governs the genitive case. It means 'during' and is followed by a noun in the genitive (here 'eines Jahres').

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