Introduction
Einführung
Prepositions in German determine the grammatical case of the articles and pronouns used with them. This lesson deals with those that take the dative case. Typically these prepositions imply static locations and fixed states.
There are three other groups of German prepositions:
There are three other groups of German prepositions:
- accusative prepositions which generally imply motion
- two-way prepositions that can be used with either case to convey different meanings
- genitive prepositions which technically require the genitive case but more often is used with the dative.
Vocabulary
Wortschatz
mit
by
dative
by means of
dative
with
dative
nach
to
dative
after
dative
seit
for
dative
since
dative
von
by (as in written)
dative
from
dative
of
dative
Phrases
Redewendungen
Sie bleibt zu Hause.
She's staying at home.
Related Lessons
Thematisch ähnliche Unterrichtseinheiten
Two-Way Prepositions
Wechselpräpositionen
Accusative Prepositions
Präpositionen mit Akkusativ
Dative Articles
Artikel im Dativ
Dative Pronouns
Pronomen im Dativ
Dative and Genitive Adjectives
Adjektive im Dativ und Genitiv