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
bei
at
dative
nearby
dative
in the vicinity
dative
near
dative
gegenüber
opposite
dative
across from
dative
mit
by
dative
by means of
dative
with
dative
nach
to
dative
after
dative
Phrases
Redewendungen
Es gibt ein Café gegenüber dem Bahnhof.
There is a cafe across from the train station.
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