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Landgewinnung

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Früher hat man Land vor allem gewonnen, weil man dort Landwirtschaft betreiben wollte.

In the past, land was primarily acquired because people wanted to practice agriculture there.

Heute gibt es noch einen anderen Grund: Auf dem neuen Land kann man Häuser bauen.

Today, there is another reason: on the new land, houses can be built.

Dort wohnen oder arbeiten Menschen.

People live or work there.

Manchmal geht es auch um einen Flughafen, für den es sonst keinen Platz gäbe.

Sometimes it's also about an airport for which there would otherwise be no space.

3 words above A2

grund← der Grund

reason plural: die Gründe ground, land (usually as someone's property); bottom (of a container or a body of water); reason; motive, cause B1/ɡʁʊnt/

betreiben

to operate, to run betrieb, betrieben to run, to operate (a business, an engine, etc.); to do (sport, trade); to pursue (a policy, a goal) B2/bəˈtʁaɪ̯bən/

landwirtschaft← die Landwirtschaft

agriculture, farming no plural agriculture B2/ˈlantvɪʁtʃaft/

Grammar in this text

Subordinate clause with 'weil' (verb at end)

weil man dort Landwirtschaft betreiben wollte

The conjunction 'weil' introduces a subordinate clause, and the conjugated verb goes to the end.

Relative clause with 'für den' (preposition + relative pronoun)

für den es sonst keinen Platz gäbe

A relative clause with a prepositional phrase; the relative pronoun 'den' refers to a masculine noun and follows the preposition 'für'.

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) for hypothetical situations

es sonst keinen Platz gäbe

The verb 'gäbe' is the subjunctive II form of 'geben', used to express a hypothetical or unreal condition.

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