{"id":11470,"date":"2020-02-20T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=11470"},"modified":"2020-03-11T08:44:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T08:44:06","slug":"german-prepositions-all-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-prepositions-all-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"German Prepositions: All You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello dear German learners! Have you struggled with prepositions like\u00a0aus, bei, mit, entlang, anhand, w\u00e4hrend<\/em> or wegen<\/em>? German is famous for being hard – but there are rules for all of it! Let’s have a look at how to use German prepositions and to uncover what preposition to use.<\/p>\n

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A few German prepositions (Image by author).<\/p><\/div>\n

Known in German as\u00a0Pr\u00e4positionen<\/em>, prepositions are very important in gluing intention and sentence pieces together, while indicating things like who, (from) where, why, when things are happening. So getting these right is quite a big deal! But where to start?<\/p>\n

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Position<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Prepositions in German are always tied to the\u00a0Nomen\u00a0<\/em>(noun). Most of the time, you will find them before<\/span> the noun (therefore pre<\/strong>positions). There are only a handful that come after the noun (these are called post<\/strong>positions). Even fewer can be used\u00a0both<\/span> before and after the noun.<\/p>\n

Here a few examples:<\/p>\n

Ich sitze auf dem<\/strong> Dach.\u00a0<\/em>(I am sitting on the roof.) – Preposition<\/p>\n

Ich laufe das<\/strong>\u00a0Haus entlang<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>(I am walking alongside the house.) – Postposition<\/p>\n

nach<\/strong> meiner<\/strong> Meinung<\/em> or\u00a0meiner<\/strong> Meinung nach<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(according to my opinion) – Preposition or postposition<\/p>\n

Case<\/strong><\/h2>\n

So now that we know the position in a sentence of the preposition, how do I know what Kasus <\/em>(case) to use?<\/p>\n

German is heavily invested in different visible forms for its four F\u00e4lle\u00a0<\/em>(another word for “cases”). These are the\u00a0Nominativ\u00a0<\/em>(nominative),\u00a0Genitiv\u00a0<\/em>(genitive),\u00a0Dativ\u00a0<\/em>(dative) and\u00a0Akkusativ\u00a0<\/em>(accusative). They are expressed in the Artikel <\/em>(article) of a Nomen,\u00a0<\/em>for example “the bag of the man” is die Tasche <\/em>des<\/strong> Mannes<\/strong>.<\/em> Read last week’s blog post for a refresher on all you need to know about Artikel<\/em>:<\/p>\n

German Articles: All You Need To Know<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n