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Gesundheit

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Gut für die Gesundheit ist das richtige Essen.

Eating the right food is good for your health.

Man wird leichter krank, wenn man immer nur schlechte Dinge isst oder sich wenig bewegt.

You get sick more easily if you always eat only bad things or exercise little.

Für unsere Gesundheit sind Ärzte und Kranken-Häuser da.

Doctors and hospitals are there for our health.

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Gesundheit

health no plural health (state of being in good physical condition and free from illness); health; soundness; strength; stability (state of being in good condition);… A2/ɡəˈzʊnthaɪ̯t/

Essen

food, eating nominalized infinitive, no plural to eat; to eat; to dine; meal A1[ˈʔɛsn̩]

krank

sick, ill ill, sick (in bad health); sick, morally or mentally degenerate; very interesting or unusual (in the positive or negative); sick A1/kʁaŋk/

schlechte← schlecht

bad declined form: accusative plural with 'Dinge' bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral); bad (unskilled; of limited ability); bad (unhealthy, unwell) A1/ʃlɛçt/

Dinge← das Ding

things plural form thing; thing; girl; boy (young person); Thing (historic Germanic council) A2/dɪŋ/

isst← essen

eats irregular: isst, aß, gegessen to eat; to eat; to dine; meal A1[ˈʔɛsn̩]

bewegt← bewegen

moves (oneself) reflexive: sich bewegen; regular: bewegt, bewegte, bewegt to motivate; to persuade; to prompt (someone or something to do something); to make (someone or something to do something); to induce; to get… B1/bəˈveːɡən/

Ärzte← der Arzt

doctors plural form; singular: der Arzt doctor, physician (male or of unspecified gender) (without necessarily having a postgraduate degree) A2[aːɐ̯tst]

Kranken-Häuser← das Krankenhaus

hospitals plural form; singular: das Krankenhaus hospital A1/ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌhaʊ̯s/

Grammar in this text

Subordinate clause with 'wenn' (conditional)

wenn man immer nur schlechte Dinge isst oder sich wenig bewegt

The conjunction 'wenn' introduces a conditional clause. The verb is placed at the end of the clause.

Passive with 'werden' + past participle

Man wird leichter krank

The verb 'werden' is used with an adjective to express a change of state, not a passive. However, 'wird' here is a copula-like use. Actually, this is not passive; it's a fixed expression. But the structure 'wird + adjective' is notable.

Prepositional phrase with 'für' + accusative

Für unsere Gesundheit sind Ärzte und Kranken-Häuser da.

The preposition 'für' always takes the accusative case. Here 'unsere Gesundheit' is in the accusative.

Inverted word order after fronted adverbial

Gut für die Gesundheit ist das richtige Essen.

When an element other than the subject is placed in the first position, the subject and verb swap places (inversion). Here 'Gut für die Gesundheit' is fronted, so the verb 'ist' comes before the subject 'das richtige Essen'.

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