Politics & Society
राजनीति और समाज
Political and social commentary in German leans heavily on the passive voice and the impersonal pronoun man, both describing institutional action without stating who's actually behind it.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
The passive is the default register for institutional decisions
Das Gesetz wurde verabschiedet. (The law was passed.)
कानून पारित किया गया।
Hindi can also state institutional action in the passive ('कानून पारित किया गया'), but German pushes this habit further and more consistently: news reports, government statements, and everyday political commentary use the passive as the neutral default whenever the agent (which committee, which minister, which vote) is either clear from context or less important than the outcome. Expect passive constructions constantly in this register.
man as the 'people in general' subject
Man erwartet eine Reform. (People expect a reform. / A reform is expected.)
लोग एक सुधार की उम्मीद करते हैं।
man is a genuine subject pronoun (conjugated like er/sie/es: man erwartet, man hofft, man diskutiert) when the agent is 'people in general' or an unspecified 'they'. Hindi's "लोग" handles this idea well — think of man as a dedicated pronoun for exactly this vague-agent meaning, rather than translating it word for word from any single Hindi/English option.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| German | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| die Regierung | dee reh-GEE-roong | सरकारsarkār | the government |
| das Gesetz | dahs geh-ZETS | कानूनkānūn | the law |
| die Wahl | dee vahl | चुनावcunāv | the election |
| die Partei | dee par-TY | राजनीतिक पार्टीrājnītik pārṭī | the political party |
| abstimmen | AHP-shtim-en | वोट देनाvoṭ denā | to vote |
| die Gesellschaft | dee geh-ZEL-shahft | समाजsamāj | society |
| der Bürger / die Bürgerin | dair BEWR-ger / dee BEWR-ger-in | नागरिकnāgrik | the citizen |
| die Demokratie | dee day-moh-krah-TEE | लोकतंत्रloktantra | democracy |
| die Verfassung | dee fair-FAH-soong | संविधानsanvidhān | the constitution |
| die Menschenrechte | dee MEN-shen-rekh-teh | मानवाधिकारmānvādhikār | human rights |
| die Opposition | dee oh-poh-zi-tsee-OHN | विपक्षvipakṣ | the opposition |
| der Kanzler / die Kanzlerin | dair KAHNTS-ler / dee KAHNTS-ler-in | चांसलरcānslar | the chancellor |
| die Öffentlichkeit | dee UR-fent-likh-kyt | जनताjantā | the public |
| die Debatte | dee day-BAH-teh | बहसbahas | the debate |
| das Parlament | dahs par-lah-MENT | संसदsansad | the parliament |