Word
Omstillingen er svær i og med at klimakrisen er kompleks.
Meaning
The transition is difficult in that the climate crisis is complex.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Omstillingen er svær i og med at klimakrisen er kompleks.
være
to be
svær
difficult
omstillingen
the transition
i og med at
inasmuch as
Questions & Answers about Omstillingen er svær i og med at klimakrisen er kompleks.
How does i og med at differ in nuance from just using fordi?
While fordi simply means 'because' for a direct cause-and-effect, i og med at is closer to 'in that', 'seeing as', or 'by virtue of the fact that'. It is used in formal argumentation to show that the second part is an inherent premise or condition that makes the first statement true.
Does i og med at trigger subordinate clause word order?
Yes, i og med at acts as a subordinating conjunction. This means the clause it introduces (klimakrisen er kompleks) is a subordinate clause. If you needed to add a central adverb like ikke (not) or ofte (often), it would go before the verb, following the standard rule: ... i og med at klimakrisen ikke er kompleks.
Is it possible to drop the at and just say i og med?
No, at is strictly required here. Unlike some other subordinate clauses where at can sometimes be omitted (like Jeg tror, (at) det er sandt), the phrase i og med at is a fixed conjunction and must be kept whole.
I know omstilling means 'transition', but is it often used on its own like this?
Yes. In contemporary Danish, omstillingen is frequently used as a definite shorthand for den grønne omstilling (the green transition). Because the sentence explicitly mentions klimakrisen (the climate crisis), native speakers immediately understand which specific transition is being discussed without needing the extra adjectives.