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Manager

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Ein Manager ist jemand, der in einem Unternehmen arbeitet.

A manager is someone who works in a company.

Normalerweise sorgt der Manager dafür, dass die Organisation gut läuft.

Usually, the manager ensures that the organization runs well.

Der Manager ist aber ein Angestellter und nicht der oberste Chef.

However, the manager is an employee and not the top boss.

Die Manager eines Unternehmens nennt man gemeinsam das Management.

The managers of a company are collectively called management.

Sie überlegen, was in der Zukunft passieren könnte.

They consider what might happen in the future.

Die Manager wägen ab, was Unternehmen besser tun sollte und was nicht.

Managers weigh what the company should do better and what it should not do.

Schließlich entscheidet das Management, oder aber jemand, der noch mehr zu sagen hat als das Management.

Finally, the management decides, or someone who has even more say than the management.

Das ist normalerweise derjenige, dem das Unternehmen gehört.

That is usually the person who owns the company.

Bei dem Wort Manager denkt man meist an mächtige und reiche Leute, die in großen Unternehmen das Sagen haben.

When thinking of the word manager, one usually thinks of powerful and rich people who have the say in large companies.

Wenn etwas schief läuft, fragt man sich, was die Manager falsch gemacht haben.

When something goes wrong, one wonders what the managers did wrong.

Man wirft Managern auch oft vor, dass sie mehr Geld verdienen als es gerecht wäre.

Managers are also often accused of earning more money than would be fair.

18 words above C2

a person who manages a company or organization plural: Manager manager (see usage notes below) (male or of unspecified sex, sometimes female); agent of an artist or sportsperson (male or of unspecified sex,… B1/ˈmɛnɛd͡ʒɐ/
company, business plural: Unternehmen (same form) to undertake; business, enterprise, company; undertaking A2/ˌʊntɐˈneːmən/
sorgt dafür← sorgen für
to ensure, to see to it separable verb; present tense: sorgt dafür
organization, structure plural: Organisationen organisation, organization B1[ʔɔɐ̯ɡanizaˈtsi̯oːn]
läuft← laufen
to run, to function strong verb: läuft, lief, ist gelaufen to walk; to jog; to run (to move on foot; either at a normal or an increased speed); to flow; to leak; to run; to be in progress; to run A1/ˈlaʊ̯fən/
Angestellte
employee (male or generic) declined as adjective; feminine: die Angestellte
oberste
top, highest superlative of 'ober'
nennt← nennen
to call, to name strong verb: nennt, nannte, genannt to name (to give a name to); to call, to describe; to mention, to make known, to tell, to give A2/ˈnɛnən/
together, joint common, mutual, shared; together, jointly B1/ɡəˈmaɪnza(ː)m/
to consider, to think over regular verb; separable? No, inseparable prefix 'über-' superior (higher in quality); to think about, to think over; to lay something over something, to cover something, to put on something B1/ˌʔyːbɐˈleːɡŋ̩/
future no plural future; future tense B1/ˈtsuːˌkʊnft/
wägen ab← abwägen
to weigh, to consider carefully separable verb; present: wägt ab, past: wog ab, participle: abgewogen
entscheidet← entscheiden
to decide strong verb: entscheidet, entschied, entschieden to decide, to make a decision; to opt, to decide; to decide, to determine the outcome of B1/ʔɛntˈʃaɪ̯dn̩/
diejenige← derjenige
the one (person) demonstrative pronoun; declined he (who); the one; this one, that one B2
gehört← gehören
to belong to regular verb; takes dative object to belong to, be the property of; to be a prerequisite for; to be a characteristic of; to belong to, be a part of A2/ɡəˈhøːʁən/
mächtige← mächtig
powerful declined form powerful, mighty; capable, having command; intense; (adverbial) very, totally B2/ˈmɛçtɪç/
das Sagen haben
to have the say, to be in charge idiomatic expression
schief läuft← schieflaufen
to go wrong separable verb; present: läuft schief, past: lief schief, participle: schiefgelaufen to go wrong, to go awry C2/ˈʃiːfˌlaʊ̯fn̩/

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Relative clauses with relative pronouns

Ein Manager ist jemand, der in einem Unternehmen arbeitet.

The relative pronoun 'der' refers to 'jemand' and introduces a relative clause that provides more information about the antecedent. The verb goes to the end of the clause.

Subordinate clauses with 'dass'

Man wirft Managern auch oft vor, dass sie mehr Geld verdienen als es gerecht wäre.

The conjunction 'dass' introduces a subordinate clause that functions as an object of the verb 'vorwerfen'. The finite verb is placed at the end of the clause.

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