Understand required fields and optional choices
Du kannst teilnehmen, ohne den Newsletter zu bestellen.
Explain what a fictional form requires and what remains a separate voluntary choice.
A form can ask for information needed for a stated task and offer separate optional features. The fictional labels determine which fields are required; do not assume every visible box is compulsory. Ohne … zu describes an action that does not accompany another action when the subject is the same: Du kannst teilnehmen, ohne den Newsletter zu bestellen. Anstatt … zu contrasts one action with another. Distinguish a required contact address, an optional subscription and a public display name. The lesson teaches how to read these labels, not a legal conclusion about a real service. If the explanation of data use is missing, ask before making a claim about it.
Du kannst teilnehmen, ohne den Newsletter zu bestellen.
You can take part without subscribing to the newsletter.
Die Kontaktadresse ist als Pflichtfeld markiert.
The contact address is marked as a required field.
Der Anzeigename wird im gemeinsamen Bereich sichtbar.
The display name is visible in the shared area.
Das Kästchen für den Newsletter ist freiwillig.
The newsletter checkbox is optional.
Anstatt alles anzukreuzen, lese ich die Hinweise einzeln.
Instead of ticking everything, I read the notices one by one.
Wie lange die Angaben gespeichert werden, steht hier nicht.
It does not say here how long the details are stored.
A form can ask for information needed for a stated task and offer separate optional features. The fictional labels determine which fields are required; do not assume every visible box is compulsory. Ohne … zu describes an action that does not accompany another action when the subject is the same: Du kannst teilnehmen, ohne den Newsletter zu bestellen. Anstatt … zu contrasts one action with another. Distinguish a required contact address, an optional subscription and a public display name. The lesson teaches how to read these labels, not a legal conclusion about a real service. If the explanation of data use is missing, ask before making a claim about it.
Explain what a fictional form requires and what remains a separate voluntary choice.
An optional newsletter is not automatically a condition of joining. Do not claim that all entered data is public when only a display name is described as public.
Read purpose, required label and optional label separately. Same subject: ohne/anstatt + … + zu-infinitive.
Write a 100–120-word explanation of a fictional registration form. Identify two required fields, one optional choice, what is publicly displayed and one question about missing information.