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Theologie

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Viele weitere Wissenschaftler finden es ebenfalls interessant, was die Theologie macht.

Many other scholars also find it interesting what theology does.

In der Geschichte Europas war das Christentum lange Zeit sehr wichtig, und das ist es heute auch manchmal noch.

In the history of Europe, Christianity was very important for a long time, and today it sometimes still is.

Wer zum Beispiel die Geschichte des Mittelalters erforscht, muss sich daher recht gut mit den Fragen der Theologie auskennen.

Anyone who, for example, researches the history of the Middle Ages must therefore be quite familiar with the questions of theology.

Sonst könnte man nicht richtig verstehen, woran die Menschen damals gedacht haben.

Otherwise, one could not correctly understand what people thought back then.

5 words above C2

Christentum← das Christentum

Christianity

Mittelalters← das Mittelalter

Middle Ages (genitive singular) form of 'das Mittelalter' after 'des'

woran

at what, about what compound of 'wo' and 'an'; used for things, not people

zum← zu dem

to the (contraction of zu + dem) in the fixed expression 'zum Beispiel' = for example

Menschen← der Mensch

people, human beings plural; singular: der Mensch

Grammar in this text

Indefinite relative clause with 'wer'

Wer zum Beispiel die Geschichte des Mittelalters erforscht, muss sich daher recht gut mit den Fragen der Theologie auskennen.

'wer' means 'whoever' and introduces a relative clause with the verb in final position. The main clause follows after a comma.

Correlative 'es' with a subordinate 'was'-clause

Viele weitere Wissenschaftler finden es ebenfalls interessant, was die Theologie macht.

'es' is a placeholder for the following 'was'-clause. The adjective 'interessant' refers to the content of the clause, not to 'es' itself.

Konjunktiv II of 'können' for hypothetical statements

Sonst könnte man nicht richtig verstehen

'könnte' is the Konjunktiv II form of 'können'. It expresses an unreal or hypothetical condition, here stating that otherwise understanding would not be possible.

Indirect question with the pronominal adverb 'woran'

woran die Menschen damals gedacht haben

'woran' combines 'wo' and 'an' and refers to a thing. It introduces an indirect question; the verb (here 'haben') goes to the end of the clause.

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