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Besonders vorsichtig sollte man sein, wenn man Bilder teilt, auch Fotos von sich selber.

You should be especially careful when sharing pictures, including photos of yourself.

Man will nicht, dass jeder jedes Foto für immer sehen kann.

You don't want everyone to be able to see every photo forever.

Das gilt besonders für Fotos, auf denen man wenig anhat.

This is especially true for photos where you are not wearing much.

Ein angeblicher Freund schickt solche Fotos vielleicht an andere Menschen weiter.

A so-called friend might forward such photos to other people.

13 words above C2

teilt← teilen

to share (e.g., pictures online) teilen, teilte, geteilt to split, to share; to divide A2/ˈtaɪ̯lən/

Fotos← das Foto

photo, picture plural: Fotos photograph (picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface); camera (device for making still pictures) A1/ˈfoːto/

von sich selber← sich selber

of oneself (emphatic reflexive) colloquial for 'von sich selbst'

jeder

everyone, every person masculine nominative; also 'jede' (f), 'jedes' (n) each; each, every A1/ˈjeːdɐ/

jedes← jeder

every (neuter singular) used with neuter noun 'Foto' each; each, every A1/ˈjeːdɐ/

für immer

forever fixed expression

gilt← gelten

to apply, to be valid gelten, galt, gegolten to be valid; to count; to hold true; to be effective; to be in force; to be worth B1/ˈɡɛltn̩/

wenig

little, not much here: 'wenig anhat' = wearing little clothing little, few (a small amount, a small number) A1/ˈveːnɪk/

anhat← anhaben

to wear (clothes) anhaben, hatte an, angehabt; separable verb to wear; to have on (a piece of clothing) see usage notes; to have turned on; to have on (an electronic device); to harm, to hurt B1/ˈanˌhaːbən/

angeblicher← angeblich

so-called, alleged declined: angeblicher Freund = a supposed friend alleged, pretended, reported; allegedly, supposedly, reportedly, reputedly B1/ˈanˌɡeːplɪç/

Freund

friend plural: Freunde friend; boyfriend; blood relative (in the sense of a person that is or should be one’s friend by nature) A1/frɔʏ̯nt/

schickt← schicken

to send schicken, schickte, geschickt to send, to dispatch (a person, letter, money etc. to a destination or a person); to hurry; to be befitting, to be appropriate A2/ˈʃɪkən/

weiter← weiter-

on (as part of separable verb 'weiterschicken') prefix in 'weiterschicken'

Grammar in this text

Subjunctive II with modal verb (Konjunktiv II)

Man will nicht, dass jeder jedes Foto für immer sehen kann.

The verb 'will' is in the indicative, but the sentence expresses a desire. However, the structure 'man will nicht, dass ...' uses the subjunctive in the subordinate clause? Actually, here 'kann' is indicative. A clearer example is 'Besonders vorsichtig sollte man sein' where 'sollte' is Konjunktiv II of 'sollen', used to give advice. This structure expresses a recommendation or hypothetical situation.

Subordinate clause with 'dass' (verb at the end)

Man will nicht, dass jeder jedes Foto für immer sehen kann.

The conjunction 'dass' introduces a subordinate clause, and the finite verb ('kann') is placed at the end of the clause. This is a fundamental word order rule in German subordinate clauses.

Relative clause with prepositional phrase

Das gilt besonders für Fotos, auf denen man wenig anhat.

The relative pronoun 'denen' (dative plural) follows the preposition 'auf' (Wechselpräposition), and the verb 'anhat' is a separable verb with the prefix 'an' at the end. This demonstrates the use of relative clauses with prepositions and separable verbs.

Separable verb in subordinate clause

auf denen man wenig anhat

The verb 'anhaben' is separable; in a subordinate clause, the prefix 'an' is attached to the finite verb at the end, and the prefix is not separated. This is a key feature of separable verbs in dependent clauses.

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