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Grüne Politik

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Grüne Politik ist eine Art, über die Menschen und die Gesellschaft nachzudenken.

Green politics is a way of thinking about people and society.

Wer grüne Politik mag, findet es besonders wichtig, die Umwelt zu schützen.

Those who like green politics consider it especially important to protect the environment.

Außerdem soll es allen Menschen in einem Land gut gehen.

Furthermore, it should be good for all people in a country.

Ungefähr in den Jahren nach 1970 gab es Gruppen, die sich „grün“ oder „alternativ“ nannten.

Around the years after 1970, there were groups that called themselves 'green' or 'alternative'.

Die grüne Farbe steht für die Natur, „alternativ“ bedeutet so viel wie „anders“.

The green color stands for nature, 'alternative' means something like 'different'.

Die Grünen wollten also vieles ganz anders machen als die älteren Parteien.

The Greens thus wanted to do many things very differently from the older parties.

Was die Grünen genau wollen, ist von Land zu Land anders und hat sich auch im Laufe der Zeit verändert.

What exactly the Greens want varies from country to country and has also changed over time.

Grüne finden die Menschenrechte wichtig.

Greens consider human rights important.

Ihrer Meinung nach gibt es Menschen in der Gesellschaft, die nicht richtig zu ihrem Recht kommen: Frauen, Behinderte, Arme, Ausländer und andere Gruppen, die meist in der Minderheit sind.

In their opinion, there are people in society who do not get their due: women, disabled people, the poor, foreigners, and other groups that are usually in the minority.

4 words above B1

im← in dem
in the (contraction of 'in dem')
green (color, also political movement) adjective, used as noun 'die Grünen' = the Greens green (in colour); unripe; inexperienced, young B2/ɡʁyːn/
foreigner plural same as singular foreigner; foreign national, regardless of descent (male or of unspecified gender); allochthone person, regardless of nationality (male or of… B2/ˈaʊ̯sˌlɛndɐ/
Menschenrechte← das Menschenrecht
human rights plural form, singular: das Menschenrecht human right C2

Grammar in this text

Preposition 'in' + dative (contraction 'im')

im Laufe der Zeit

The preposition 'in' contracts with the masculine/neuter dative article 'dem' to 'im', indicating a location or time period.

Indefinite pronoun 'vieles' as subject/object

vieles ganz anders machen

'vieles' is an indefinite pronoun meaning 'many things', used here as the object of the verb 'machen'.

Adjective used as noun (nominalization)

die Grünen

The adjective 'grün' is capitalized and used as a noun to refer to the Green party or its members.

Plural noun with no change in form

Ausländer

The noun 'Ausländer' has the same form in singular and plural, which is common for masculine nouns ending in -er.

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