Introduction
Einführung
Prepositions in German determine the grammatical case of the articles and pronouns used with them. This lesson deals with those that technically take the genitive case.
More often than not though genitive prepositions are used with the dative case instead. This is true even of formal documents or conversations.
There are three other groups of German prepositions:
More often than not though genitive prepositions are used with the dative case instead. This is true even of formal documents or conversations.
There are three other groups of German prepositions:
- accusative prepositions which generally imply motion
- dative prepositions which tend to be more static
- two-way prepositions that can be used with either case to convey different meanings
Vocabulary
Wortschatz
statt
instead of
genitive
außerhalb
outside of
genitive
innerhalb
inside of
genitive
trotz
in spite of
genitive
despite
genitive
Phrases
Redewendungen
Trotz des Wetters sind einige Leute gekommen.
In spite of the weather some people came.
Related Lessons
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Two-Way Prepositions
Wechselpräpositionen
Accusative Prepositions
Präpositionen mit Akkusativ
Dative Prepositions
Präpositionen mit Dativ
Genitive Articles
Artikel im Genitiv
Genitive Pronouns
Pronomen im Genitiv