Word
Die Versammlung muss über die Rücklage entscheiden.
Meaning
The assembly has to decide on the financial reserve.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Die Versammlung muss über die Rücklage entscheiden.
müssen
to have to, must
über
about (a topic)
entscheiden
to decide
die Versammlung
the assembly
Questions & Answers about Die Versammlung muss über die Rücklage entscheiden.
How would we rewrite this sentence using a noun-verb support construction to fit this lesson's focus?
Instead of the simple verb entscheiden, you can use the active support construction eine Entscheidung treffen (to make a decision): Die Versammlung muss eine Entscheidung über die Rücklage treffen. This phrasing puts more weight on the action of the assembly.
How can we shift the perspective to focus on the reserve itself being in a passive state?
You can use the intransitive support construction zur Entscheidung stehen (to be up for decision). The sentence becomes Die Rücklage steht zur Entscheidung. This removes the assembly from the spotlight entirely and focuses purely on the condition of the reserve.
Why does entscheiden use über and what case follows it here?
When making a ruling or determination about a topic, entscheiden pairs with the preposition über. Although über is a two-way preposition (taking either dative or accusative for location vs. movement), it always takes the accusative case (die Rücklage) when used abstractly or figuratively with verbs like this.
Why doesn't the verb use a reflexive pronoun here, like sich entscheiden?