Word
Die Schutzkleidung wurde gemäß der neuen Norm produziert.
Meaning
The protective clothing was produced according to the new norm.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Die Schutzkleidung wurde gemäß der neuen Norm produziert.
neu
new
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
werden
to be (passive auxiliary + past participle)
produzieren
to produce
Questions & Answers about Die Schutzkleidung wurde gemäß der neuen Norm produziert.
The lesson says gemäß can go before or after the noun. Could we put it after the noun in this sentence?
Yes! You could say wurde der neuen Norm gemäß produziert. When used with a noun phrase like der neuen Norm, gemäß can be placed either before or after it without changing the meaning. Placing it before is slightly more common in modern everyday German, but both are perfectly correct.
Why does it say der neuen Norm if die Norm is a feminine noun?
The preposition gemäß always requires the dative case. Because Norm is feminine, the article changes from die to the dative form der. The adjective neu then takes the dative weak ending -en, resulting in der neuen Norm.
Why use wurde instead of war to say the clothing 'was' produced?
This sentence is in the passive voice, focusing on the action being done to the clothing. In German, the passive voice is built using the helper verb werden (its past form here is wurde) plus the past participle produziert at the end of the sentence. If you used war, it would describe a finished state rather than the action of producing it.
Does die Norm just mean 'norm' as in standard social behavior?
It can, but in German, die Norm very often has a strict technical meaning. It frequently refers to an official industrial standard, regulation, or technical specification. In this sentence, the protective clothing had to meet a specific, regulated manufacturing standard.