Track references to statements and topics
Verweise auf Aussagen und Themen verfolgen
Resolve da-compounds and verb-preposition links without losing the referenced proposition or confusing people with topics.
Darauf in darauf hinweisen, dass can point forward to the following clause. Davon in davon abhängen, ob belongs to abhängen von and links to an unresolved condition. The preposition is selected by the expression, not freely invented. Worüber asks about a topic in the example; über wen asks about a person. Avoid a universal rule excluding people from every da-word: darunter can identify a subgroup of people.
Die Vorsitzende weist darauf hin, dass weitere Rückmeldungen fehlen.
The chair points out that further feedback is missing.
Die Entscheidung hängt davon ab, ob genügend Helfer verfügbar sind.
The decision depends on whether enough helpers are available.
Worüber muss noch beraten werden?
What topic still needs to be discussed?
Über wen wird in der Personalnotiz gesprochen?
Who is being discussed in the personnel note?
Nach mehreren Themen ist darüber ohne Erklärung zu ungenau.
After several topics, darüber is too imprecise without clarification.
Unter den zehn Anwesenden sind drei Gäste; darunter sind also auch Gäste.
Among the ten people present are three guests; the group therefore also includes guests.
Darauf in darauf hinweisen, dass can point forward to the following clause. Davon in davon abhängen, ob belongs to abhängen von and links to an unresolved condition. The preposition is selected by the expression, not freely invented. Worüber asks about a topic in the example; über wen asks about a person. Avoid a universal rule excluding people from every da-word: darunter can identify a subgroup of people.
Resolve da-compounds and verb-preposition links without losing the referenced proposition or confusing people with topics.
Do not assume a da-word always names a place or refers to the nearest person. A grammatically formed reference can still be too vague in context.
Hinweisen auf → darauf hinweisen, dass; abhängen von → davon abhängen, ob; beraten über → worüber beraten. In the person question here, use über wen. Before a vowel, these compounds have r: darauf, darüber. Make the reference explicit when several topics compete.
Write a 250–300-word German note clarifying the association’s discussion. Resolve darauf and davon, distinguish worüber from über wen, provide an explicit rewrite of an ambiguous reference and explain the person-group use of darunter.