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Fieber
Wenn ein Mensch Fieber hat, behandelt der Arzt die Krankheit, die die Ursache des Fiebers ist.
When a person has a fever, the doctor treats the illness that is the cause of the fever.
Wenn das jedoch nicht genügt und das Fieber sehr hoch bleibt, dann gibt er dem kranken Menschen ein Medikament, welches das Fieber senkt.
If that is not enough, however, and the fever remains very high, he gives the sick person a medication that lowers the fever.
Fieber über 40 Grad ist gefährlich.
A fever above 40 degrees is dangerous.
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Grammar in this text
Subordinate clause with 'wenn' and verb at the end
Wenn ein Mensch Fieber hat,
'wenn' introduces a conditional/temporal subordinate clause; the finite verb is placed at the very end of the clause.
Relative clause with the pronoun 'welches'
ein Medikament, welches das Fieber senkt.
'welches' is a relative pronoun referring to the neuter noun 'Medikament'; the verb in the relative clause comes at the end.
Relative clause with 'die' after the article 'die'
die Krankheit, die die Ursache des Fiebers ist.
The first 'die' is the definite article, the second 'die' is a relative pronoun (nominative feminine singular); the relative clause has verb-final position.
Verb 'geben' with dative and accusative objects
dann gibt er dem kranken Menschen ein Medikament
After 'geben', the recipient is dative ('dem kranken Menschen') and the thing is accusative ('ein Medikament'); in an unmarked word order, dative precedes accusative.
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