GrammarC1· Unternehmen & Finanzen

Nominalstil und Verbalstil

Nominal style and verbal style

Kartoffel · your teacher

Hi! Let's look at this one together — step by step, no rush.

From what you know

weil die Zinsen stark gestiegen sindwegen des starken Anstiegs der Zinsen

6 parts · about 8 min

1What & when

In one line

Reports fold a clause into a noun phrase; meetings unfold it: wegen des Anstiegs der Zinsen.

Before

Weil die Energiepreise stark gestiegen sind, mussten wir die Preise erhöhen.

Watch the sentence change …

weilbecomeswegen, gestiegenbecomesder Anstieg, the becomes, and starkbecomesstarken.

„Wegen des starken Anstiegs der Energiepreise mussten wir die Preise erhöhen.“ — Because of the sharp rise in energy prices, we had to raise our prices.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

(nominal style) packs a whole clause into one noun phrase, with no : weil die Zinsen stark gestiegen sind becomes wegen des starken Anstiegs der Zinsen. The same facts as an ordinary clause with a verb are Verbalstil (verbal style). At C1 you switch between the two in both directions.

Kartoffel

And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:

Unternehmen & FinanzenAnnual reports, press releases, minutes, official letters and slides are written in : You unfold it again when you speak. That happens in a meeting, on the phone, or when the board asks You say:

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