Cases with prepositions

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 What is a preposition?

• A word which tells us the location of something.

• A word showing the relationship of a

noun/pronoun to another word in the sentence.

Can you think of some examples?

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 Prepositions are ‘trigger’ words!

• Whenever you use a preposition it ‘triggers’ a

change in the next word.

• In German, prepositions are followed by either

the accusative, dative or genitive cases.

How do you know which case to use?

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 Accusative prepositions
1. für against
2. um for
3. durch along
4. gegen until
5. entlang without
6. bis against
7. ohne at/around
8. wider through

Use the acronym ‘FUDGEBOW’ to remember these!

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 Dative prepositions
1. aus from
2. bei to
3. mit opposite
4. von out of
5. nach since/for
6. zu except
7. seit at/at the home of
8. ausser to/after
9. gegenüber
with

Try singing these to the start of ‘Good King Wenceslas’!

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 Dative prepositions
Change the articles to the dative form.
der dem
ein einem

die der
eine einer

das dem
ein einem

die den (add -n to noun)

keine keinen
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 Mixed prepositions
an, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischen

What do these prepositions have in common?

• They are prepositions of position.

• These take the dative as long as no motion is

involved, otherwise they use the accusative.

Der Computer ist auf dem Tisch.

Ich stelle den Computer auf den Tisch.

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 Genitive prepositions
1. innerhalb because of
2. außerhalb during
3. statt instead of
4. trotz inside of
5. während outside of
6. wegen in spite of

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 Genitive prepositions
Change the articles from accusative to genitive.
der des (add -s or -es to noun)
ein eines

die der
eine einer

das des (add -s or -es to noun)

ein eines

die der
keine keiner
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