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Wetter

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Weil das Wetter für viele Menschen wichtig ist, wollten sie es schon immer vorhersagen.
Because the weather is important to many people, they have always wanted to predict it.
Heute macht das eine eigene Wissenschaft, die Meteorologie.
Today, a separate science, meteorology, does this.
Fast überall auf der Welt stehen Wetterstationen, in denen der Wind, der Regen und anderes gemessen wird.
Almost everywhere in the world there are weather stations, in which wind, rain, and other things are measured.
Mit diesem Wissen kann man für die nächsten Tage recht gut ausrechnen, wo es wann zum Beispiel regnen wird.
With this knowledge, one can calculate quite well for the next few days, for example, where and when it will rain.
Mit dem Wort Witterung meint man das Wetter in einem Zeitraum in einer bestimmten Gegend.
By the word 'Witterung', one means the weather in a period of time in a particular region.

9 words above B2

Witterung

weather conditions over a period of time singular only, uncountable

Meteorologie

science of weather, meteorology singular only, uncountable

Wetterstationen← die Wetterstation

weather stations plural form; singular die Wetterstation

ausrechnen

to calculate, to work out separable verb: rechnet aus, rechnete aus, hat ausgerechnet

Gegend

area, region here dative singular after 'in' (local)

anderes

something else, other things indefinite pronoun, neuter singular

Welt

world here dative singular after 'auf'

Menschen← der Mensch

people plural form; here accusative plural after 'für'

zum← zu dem

to the (contraction) contraction of 'zu' + 'dem'; here part of 'zum Beispiel' (for example)

Grammar in this text

Subordinate clause with 'weil'

Weil das Wetter für viele Menschen wichtig ist

A causal clause introduced by 'weil' (because) with the finite verb placed at the end of the clause.

Relative clause with prepositional relative pronoun

in denen der Wind, der Regen und anderes gemessen wird

A relative clause modifying 'Wetterstationen'. The relative pronoun 'denen' is dative plural and follows the preposition 'in', with the verb at the end.

Passive voice in present tense

gemessen wird

The passive is formed with 'werden' + Partizip II. Here it indicates that the action is done to the subjects ('Wind, Regen, anderes').

Modal verb 'können' with infinitive

kann man für die nächsten Tage recht gut ausrechnen

The modal verb 'kann' is conjugated in the main clause and the infinitive 'ausrechnen' appears at the end, forming a sentence bracket.

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