German Verbs with Prepositions

Accusative Dative

denken an to think about arbeiten an to work on

glauben an to believe in erkennen an to recognize something

by

kommen an to come to sterben an to die of

schreiben an to write to teilnehmen an to participate in

achten auf to pay attention to helfen bei to help with

ankommen auf to come down to/be a question of anfangen mit to begin with

antworten auf to answer fahren mit to go/travel (by means

of)
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böse sein auf to be angry at rechnen mit to count on, expect

gespannt sein auf to be excited about sprechen mit to talk to

hoffen auf to hope for fragen nach to ask about

warten auf to wait for riechen nach to smell of/like

danken für to thank for abhängen von to depend on

sorgen für to care for erzählen von to tell about

lachen über to laugh about halten von to think/feel about

lesen über to read about handeln von to deal with/be about

nachdenken über to think about sprechen von to talk about

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reden über to talk about träumen von to dream about

schreiben über to write about verstehen von to know

about/understand

sprechen über to talk about wissen von to know of

bitten um to ask for/request Angst haben vor to be afraid of

kämpfen um to fight for retten vor to save from

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German Inseparable Prefixes

be- ent- ge- ver-

emp- er- miss- zer-

These prefixes always remain attached to their infinitives. The inseparable prefixes are unstressed syllables, as compared
to the separable prefixes which can stand alone as different words. Some examples of verbs with inseparable prefixes
are besuchen - to visit, erzählen - to tell, gewinnen - to win, and versprechen - to promise.

Unter and über can function as separable prefixes, but they are much more commonly used as inseparable prefixes. When
prefixes are stressed, they are separable; when they are not stressed, they are inseparable. The stress on the following
verbs in not on the prefix, so they are all inseparable: unterhalten - to entertain, unternehmen - to undertake, überholen -
to overtake, and übersetzen - to translate.