Breakdown of Das Projekt steht nicht mehr zur Abstimmung.
zur
to the (zu + der)
stehen
to stand
das Projekt
the project
nicht mehr
no longer, not any more
die Abstimmung
the vote
Questions & Answers about Das Projekt steht nicht mehr zur Abstimmung.
How does zur Abstimmung stehen fit into our lesson about perspective shifts?
Zur Abstimmung stehen means "to be up for a vote." It describes the passive state of the project. If you wanted to shift to an active, transitive perspective (e.g., "The committee is putting the project to a vote"), you would use the partner verb stellen: Das Komitee stellt das Projekt zur Abstimmung. This stehen / stellen pairing is very common in these noun-verb constructions.
Could I just use the regular passive voice instead of this noun-verb construction?
Yes, you could say Über das Projekt wird nicht mehr abgestimmt (The project is no longer being voted on). However, using the support construction zur Abstimmung stehen sounds more formal and elegant. It focuses on the current status or state of the project rather than the action of voting itself.
Quick refresher: why do we use zur here instead of just zu?
Zur is the mandatory contraction of the preposition zu and the feminine dative article der. You know Abstimmung is feminine because it ends in the suffix -ung. In these fixed noun-verb constructions, zu is almost always contracted into zum (masculine/neuter) or zur (feminine).
What dictates the placement of nicht mehr in this sentence?
In German, the core verbal idea goes at the very end of the clause. Because zur Abstimmung functions as the essential partner to the verb stehen, it occupies that final position. Negations and adverbs like nicht mehr (no longer) are placed just before this final block.
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