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Bundestagswahl

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Die stärkste Partei darf dann die Regierung stellen.

The strongest party is then allowed to form the government.

Meistens ist aber keine Partei für sich allein stark genug.

Usually, however, no party is strong enough on its own.

Einige Parteien gehen deshalb Bündnisse mit-einander ein.

Some parties therefore form alliances with each other.

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die stärkste← stark

strongest (superlative) superlative form of 'stark' strong (intense, powerful, unyielding); strong (having a high concentration of some ingredient, e.g. alcohol); good, great, skilled A2/ʃtark/

Partei

political party plural: die Parteien political party; party (person, company, or institution) participating in a legal action or contract; A party in a given one-party system, especially A2/parˈtaɪ̯/

Regierung

government plural: die Regierungen government/administration; the act of governing A1/reˈɡiːrʊŋ/

stellen

to provide, to form (here: to form the government) regular verb: stellt, stellte, hat gestellt causative of stehen: to put, place, position (someone or something) such that it stands upright; to pose, to lodge; to provide, to afford, to place… A2/ˈʃtɛlən/

Meistens← meistens

usually, most of the time mostly (for the most part); most often, usually, normally (most of the time) A2/ˈmaɪ̯stn̩s/

allein

alone, by itself alone; only; only, but A1/(ʔ)aˈlaɪn/

stark genug← stark

strong enough genug is an adverb meaning 'enough' strong (intense, powerful, unyielding); strong (having a high concentration of some ingredient, e.g. alcohol); good, great, skilled A2/ʃtark/

Einige← einige

some, several indefinite pronoun, plural

Parteien← die Partei

parties (plural) plural form political party; party (person, company, or institution) participating in a legal action or contract; A party in a given one-party system, especially A2/parˈtaɪ̯/

deshalb

therefore, that's why therefore; for that (reason), because of that A1/ˈdɛshalp/

Bündnisse← das Bündnis

alliances, coalitions plural form; singular: das Bündnis alliance, confederation B2/ˈbʏntnɪs/

mit-einander← miteinander

with each other, together written as one word in standard German together (with); with each other; togetherness, cooperation B1/ˌmɪt.(ʔ)aɪ̯ˈnan.dɐ/

gehen ... ein← eingehen

to enter into (an agreement, alliance) separable verb: geht ein, ging ein, ist eingegangen to enter; to go inside; to arrive (of everything that can be received such postal items, reports, messages and payments); to contract, to shrivel;… B2/ˈaɪ̯nˌɡeːən/

Grammar in this text

Superlative adjective with definite article

Die stärkste Partei

The superlative form of the adjective 'stark' is used with the definite article 'die' to indicate the strongest party.

Negative article 'kein'

keine Partei

The negative article 'kein' is used to negate a noun, meaning 'no' or 'not any'. Here it is declined as 'keine' because 'Partei' is feminine.

Adverb + adjective construction

stark genug

The adverb 'genug' (enough) follows the adjective 'stark' to express sufficiency.

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