German related: Im Wirtschaftsministerium hat man sogar ausgerechnet, dass,...

[SkiIucK]

'Im Wirtschaftsministerium hat man sogar ausgerechnet, dass, selbst wenn alle Arbeitsplätze bei Opel wegfielen, das den Staat nur 1,1 Milliarden Euro kosten würde, also deutlich weniger als die Summen, von denen wir jetzt sprechen.'

My German is bad, but I have my doubts here... This excerpt is from a newspaper and I highly doubt they'd make a mistake, but I ought to ask...

Shouldn't the bolded word be 'dem' instead of 'den'?

Many thanks.

[Shyone]

No, den is perfectly right there.

Du gibst dem Staat etwas.

Es kostet den Staat nichts.
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[SkiIucK]

Get it now. Thank you. :)

[Berlinder]

'dem'

[SkiIucK]

I think it should be "dem", but others tell me it's "den". And?

[Torsten]

Hi Dimitar, you need 'den' here because 'kostet' requires an accusative object. (I think in Bulgarian you probably use a dative construction.)

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