Word
Wir brauchen Kooperation seitens der Familien.
Meaning
We need cooperation on the part of the families.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Wir brauchen Kooperation seitens der Familien.
wir
we
brauchen
to need
die Familie
the family
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
Questions & Answers about Wir brauchen Kooperation seitens der Familien.
What case is der Familien and why?
It is in the genitive case (specifically, genitive plural). The preposition seitens requires the genitive. Together, seitens der Familien means "on the part of the families."
Could we use vonseiten instead of seitens here?
Absolutely. vonseiten (sometimes written as two words: von Seiten) is a direct synonym for seitens. You could just as easily say Wir brauchen Kooperation vonseiten der Familien. Both are quite formal and often used in professional, political, or academic contexts.
Is seitens just another form of the preposition seit (since)?
No, despite the visual similarity, they behave very differently. seit refers to time ("since" or "for") and always takes the dative case. seitens indicates the source of an action or attitude ("on the part of" or "from") and requires the genitive case.
Why is there no article before Kooperation?
In German, just like in English, abstract nouns used in a broad, general sense often take the "zero article" (no article at all). We are talking about "cooperation" generally, not a specific, previously mentioned instance of it.