diff --git a/src/db-migrate.js b/src/db-migrate.js
index a7b55b3..a122e77 100644
--- a/src/db-migrate.js
+++ b/src/db-migrate.js
@@ -149,15 +149,36 @@ async function migrate() {
       FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE FUNCTION update_updated_at()
   `);
 
-  // statements placeholder (Felder folgen später)
   await query(`
     CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS statements (
-      id         UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
-      created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
-      updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
+      id                  UUID        PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+      status              VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'draft'
+                            CHECK (status IN ('draft', 'blocked', 'published')),
+      negative_sentence_de TEXT,
+      negative_sentence_en TEXT,
+      negative_sentence_se TEXT,
+      positive_sentence_de TEXT,
+      positive_sentence_en TEXT,
+      positive_sentence_se TEXT,
+      blocked_topic        TEXT,
+      published_at         TIMESTAMPTZ,
+      blocked_at           TIMESTAMPTZ,
+      created_at           TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+      updated_at           TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
     )
   `);
 
+  const stmtCols = [
+    "status VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'draft'",
+    'negative_sentence_de TEXT', 'negative_sentence_en TEXT', 'negative_sentence_se TEXT',
+    'positive_sentence_de TEXT', 'positive_sentence_en TEXT', 'positive_sentence_se TEXT',
+    'blocked_topic TEXT', 'published_at TIMESTAMPTZ', 'blocked_at TIMESTAMPTZ',
+  ];
+  for (const col of stmtCols)
+    await query(`ALTER TABLE statements ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS ${col}`).catch(() => {});
+  await query(`ALTER TABLE statements DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS statements_status_check`).catch(() => {});
+  await query(`ALTER TABLE statements ADD CONSTRAINT statements_status_check CHECK (status IN ('draft', 'blocked', 'published'))`).catch(() => {});
+
   await query(`
     DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS statements_updated_at ON statements;
     CREATE TRIGGER statements_updated_at
@@ -165,6 +186,24 @@ async function migrate() {
       FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE FUNCTION update_updated_at()
   `);
 
+  // M2M: statements <-> words (positive)
+  await query(`
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS statement_positive_words (
+      statement_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES statements(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+      word_id      UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES words(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+      PRIMARY KEY (statement_id, word_id)
+    )
+  `);
+
+  // M2M: statements <-> words (negative)
+  await query(`
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS statement_negative_words (
+      statement_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES statements(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+      word_id      UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES words(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+      PRIMARY KEY (statement_id, word_id)
+    )
+  `);
+
   // pairs
   await query(`
     CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS pairs (
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index a78b5a4..2960dcd 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ app.use('/api/categories', auth, require('./routes/categories'));
 app.use('/api/objects', auth, require('./routes/objects'));
 app.use('/api/pairs', auth, require('./routes/pairs'));
 app.use('/api/questions', auth, require('./routes/questions'));
+app.use('/api/statements', auth, require('./routes/statements'));
 
 // 404
 app.use((req, res) => {
diff --git a/src/routes/statements.js b/src/routes/statements.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fc7b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/statements.js
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+const router = require('express').Router();
+const { query } = require('../db');
+
+const STATUSES = ['draft', 'blocked', 'published'];
+const STATUS_TIMESTAMP = { published: 'published_at', blocked: 'blocked_at' };
+
+async function getWithRelations(id) {
+  const result = await query(
+    `SELECT s.*,
+      COALESCE(json_agg(DISTINCT spw.word_id) FILTER (WHERE spw.word_id IS NOT NULL), '[]') AS positive_word_ids,
+      COALESCE(json_agg(DISTINCT snw.word_id) FILTER (WHERE snw.word_id IS NOT NULL), '[]') AS negative_word_ids
+     FROM statements s
+     LEFT JOIN statement_positive_words spw ON spw.statement_id = s.id
+     LEFT JOIN statement_negative_words snw ON snw.statement_id = s.id
+     WHERE s.id = $1
+     GROUP BY s.id`,
+    [id]
+  );
+  return result.rows[0] || null;
+}
+
+// GET /api/statements
+router.get('/', async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    const { status, limit = 50, offset = 0 } = req.query;
+    const params = [Math.min(parseInt(limit), 500), parseInt(offset)];
+    const where = status ? `WHERE s.status = $3` : '';
+    if (status) params.push(status);
+    const result = await query(
+      `SELECT s.*,
+        COALESCE(json_agg(DISTINCT spw.word_id) FILTER (WHERE spw.word_id IS NOT NULL), '[]') AS positive_word_ids,
+        COALESCE(json_agg(DISTINCT snw.word_id) FILTER (WHERE snw.word_id IS NOT NULL), '[]') AS negative_word_ids
+       FROM statements s
+       LEFT JOIN statement_positive_words spw ON spw.statement_id = s.id
+       LEFT JOIN statement_negative_words snw ON snw.statement_id = s.id
+       ${where}
+       GROUP BY s.id
+       ORDER BY s.created_at DESC
+       LIMIT $1 OFFSET $2`,
+      params
+    );
+    res.json(result.rows);
+  } catch (err) { next(err); }
+});
+
+// GET /api/statements/:id
+router.get('/:id', async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    const row = await getWithRelations(req.params.id);
+    if (!row) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Not found' });
+    res.json(row);
+  } catch (err) { next(err); }
+});
+
+// POST /api/statements
+router.post('/', async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    const {
+      negative_sentence_de, negative_sentence_en, negative_sentence_se,
+      positive_sentence_de, positive_sentence_en, positive_sentence_se,
+      blocked_topic,
+    } = req.body;
+    const result = await query(
+      `INSERT INTO statements
+         (negative_sentence_de, negative_sentence_en, negative_sentence_se,
+          positive_sentence_de, positive_sentence_en, positive_sentence_se, blocked_topic)
+       VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7) RETURNING *`,
+      [negative_sentence_de || null, negative_sentence_en || null, negative_sentence_se || null,
+       positive_sentence_de || null, positive_sentence_en || null, positive_sentence_se || null,
+       blocked_topic || null]
+    );
+    res.status(201).json({ ...result.rows[0], positive_word_ids: [], negative_word_ids: [] });
+  } catch (err) { next(err); }
+});
+
+// PATCH /api/statements/:id
+router.patch('/:id', async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    const allowed = ['status', 'blocked_topic', 'published_at', 'blocked_at',
+                     'negative_sentence_de', 'negative_sentence_en', 'negative_sentence_se',
+                     'positive_sentence_de', 'positive_sentence_en', 'positive_sentence_se'];
+    const fields = Object.keys(req.body).filter(k => allowed.includes(k));
+    if (!fields.length) return res.status(400).json({ error: 'No valid fields provided' });
+
+    if (req.body.status && !STATUSES.includes(req.body.status))
+      return res.status(400).json({ error: `status must be one of: ${STATUSES.join(', ')}` });
+
+    const tsField = STATUS_TIMESTAMP[req.body.status];
+    if (tsField && !req.body[tsField]) {
+      fields.push(tsField);
+      req.body[tsField] = new Date().toISOString();
+    }
+
+    const setClauses = fields.map((f, i) => `${f} = $${i + 1}`).join(', ');
+    const values = [...fields.map(f => req.body[f]), req.params.id];
+    const result = await query(
+      `UPDATE statements SET ${setClauses} WHERE id = $${fields.length + 1} RETURNING *`,
+      values
+    );
+    if (!result.rows.length) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Not found' });
+    res.json(result.rows[0]);
+  } catch (err) { next(err); }
+});
+
+// DELETE /api/statements/:id
+router.delete('/:id', async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    const result = await query('DELETE FROM statements WHERE id = $1 RETURNING id', [req.params.id]);
+    if (!result.rows.length) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Not found' });
+    res.status(204).end();
+  } catch (err) { next(err); }
+});
+
+// POST   /api/statements/:id/positive-words/:wordId
+router.post('/:id/positive-words/:wordId', async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    await query(
+      `INSERT INTO statement_positive_words (statement_id, word_id) VALUES ($1,$2) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING`,
+      [req.params.id, req.params.wordId]
+    );
+    res.status(204).end();
+  } catch (err) { next(err); }
+});
+
+// DELETE /api/statements/:id/positive-words/:wordId
+router.delete('/:id/positive-words/:wordId', async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    await query(
+      `DELETE FROM statement_positive_words WHERE statement_id = $1 AND word_id = $2`,
+      [req.params.id, req.params.wordId]
+    );
+    res.status(204).end();
+  } catch (err) { next(err); }
+});
+
+// POST   /api/statements/:id/negative-words/:wordId
+router.post('/:id/negative-words/:wordId', async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    await query(
+      `INSERT INTO statement_negative_words (statement_id, word_id) VALUES ($1,$2) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING`,
+      [req.params.id, req.params.wordId]
+    );
+    res.status(204).end();
+  } catch (err) { next(err); }
+});
+
+// DELETE /api/statements/:id/negative-words/:wordId
+router.delete('/:id/negative-words/:wordId', async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    await query(
+      `DELETE FROM statement_negative_words WHERE statement_id = $1 AND word_id = $2`,
+      [req.params.id, req.params.wordId]
+    );
+    res.status(204).end();
+  } catch (err) { next(err); }
+});
+
+module.exports = router;