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Möbel

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Bevor ein Möbelstück hergestellt werden kann, muss jemand genau überlegen, wie es aussehen und aus Einzelteilen zusammengesetzt werden soll.

Before a piece of furniture can be made, someone must think carefully about how it should look and how it should be assembled from individual parts.

Man sagt dazu, das Möbelstück wird entworfen.

This is called designing the piece of furniture.

Und weil Möbel schön aussehen und zugleich praktisch sein sollen, machen das Menschen, die eine besondere Ausbildung dafür haben: die Möbeldesigner.

And because furniture should look good and be practical at the same time, this is done by people who have special training for it: the furniture designers.

Manchmal haben sogar berühmte Künstler Möbel entworfen, und besonders schön oder interessant gestaltete Möbel kann man in Museen bewundern.

Sometimes even famous artists have designed furniture, and particularly beautiful or interestingly designed furniture can be admired in museums.

8 words above B2

hergestellt← herstellen

made, produced (past participle used in passive) separable verb: her|stellen; Partizip II: hergestellt

zusammengesetzt← zusammensetzen

put together, assembled separable verb: zusammen|setzen; Partizip II: zusammengesetzt to assemble, compose (put together); to consist of, to be made up by; to sit down together (such as to be able to talk while sitting) C1[tsuˈzamənˌzɛtsn̩]

Möbelstück← das Möbelstück

piece of furniture Plural: die Möbelstücke

Einzelteilen← das Einzelteil

individual part, component Plural: die Einzelteile; here in dative plural

Möbeldesigner← der Möbeldesigner

furniture designer Plural: die Möbeldesigner (same form)

Menschen← der Mensch

people, human beings weak noun (n-Deklination): der Mensch, den Menschen, des Menschen, die Menschen

dazu

to that, about that

Künstler

artist Plural: die Künstler (same form) C1/ˈkʏnstlɐ/

Grammar in this text

Passive with modal verbs (Passiv mit Modalverben)

ein Möbelstück hergestellt werden kann

In this passive construction, the modal verb 'kann' is conjugated, while 'werden' appears as an infinitive and the main verb as a past participle (hergestellt). It expresses that something can be done (here: a piece of furniture can be produced). Word order in the subordinate clause is: modal at the end.

Relative clause with relative pronoun in nominative

die eine besondere Ausbildung dafür haben

The relative pronoun 'die' refers to the plural noun 'Menschen' (nominative subject). The verb of the relative clause is placed at the end of the clause.

Extended participial attribute (Partizipialattribut)

besonders schön oder interessant gestaltete Möbel

The past participle 'gestaltete' with its adverbial modifiers precedes the noun 'Möbel', functioning as an adjective phrase meaning 'furniture designed in a particularly beautiful or interesting way'. This construction is typical of written German.

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