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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.

4 words above B2

Jahresuhr
year clock (a clock-like diagram showing the months/seasons) compound of das Jahr (year) + die Uhr (clock); used in the title of the song
Dezember
December (month) masculine noun; months are usually used without article in date phrases
Rolf
Rolf (male first name) proper name, not translated
Zuckowski
Zuckowski (surname of the German musician Rolf Zuckowski) proper name, not translated

Grammar in this text

Preposition 'während' + genitive

Während eines Jahres gibt es vier Jahreszeiten

The preposition 'während' (during) governs the genitive case; 'eines Jahres' is the genitive of 'ein Jahr'.

Inversion after fronted object

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

The accusative object is placed at the beginning for emphasis; the finite verb 'hat' stays in second position, and the subject follows the verb.

Modal verb with infinitive at the end

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

The modal verb 'können' is conjugated in second position, while the main verb 'lernen' appears in infinitive form at the end of the sentence. The adverb 'damit' refers back to the song.

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