{"id":880,"date":"2010-09-01T13:59:49","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T13:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=880"},"modified":"2017-11-14T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T10:34:12","slug":"prepositions-that-require-the-dative-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/prepositions-that-require-the-dative-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepositions that require the DATIVE CASE"},"content":{"rendered":"

In one of my previous posts I started discussing about prepositions and which grammar cases they require for the following noun. In this post I am going to give some examples sentence with very common prepositions that require the DATIVE CASE<\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The German prepositions, which require the dative case are: aus<\/em><\/strong>, bei<\/strong><\/em>, mit<\/strong><\/em>, von<\/strong><\/em>, seit<\/strong><\/em>, and zu<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0I will highlight all the case endings of the DATIVE CASE<\/strong><\/span> in GREEN<\/span><\/strong>. Additionally, I will provide the NOMINATIVE<\/span><\/strong> form of the noun in parentheses and I will also highlight the case endings for that grammar case in BLUE<\/span><\/strong>, so that you have the opportunity to recognize where and how the case endings change.<\/p>\n

The German preposition <\/span><\/span><\/span>AUS<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span> means either \u201cout of\u201d or \u201cfrom\u201d in English:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sie trinkt den Kaffee aus<\/em> d<\/span><\/span>er<\/span><\/strong> Tasse. – She is drinking the coffee out of the cup. (die<\/strong><\/span> Tasse; sgl. f.)<\/p>\n

Ich komme aus<\/em> der<\/strong><\/span> Stadt Berlin.\u00a0\u2013 I come from the town Berlin. (die<\/strong><\/span> Stadt; sgl. f.)<\/p>\n

Er schaut aus<\/em> dem<\/span><\/strong> Fenster. \u00a0\u2013 He is looking out of the window. (das<\/strong><\/span> Fenster; sgl. n.)<\/p>\n

Ihr k\u00f6nnt aus<\/em> den<\/strong><\/span> Gl\u00e4sern trinken. – You can drink out of the glasses. (die<\/strong><\/span> Gl\u00e4ser; pl.)<\/p>\n

The German preposition BEI<\/strong><\/em> means \u201cat\u201d in English:<\/span><\/p>\n

Ich \u00fcbernachte bei<\/em> meinem<\/strong><\/span> Freund. \u2013 I stay the night at my boyfriend\u2019s place. (der<\/strong><\/span> Freund; sgl. m.)<\/p>\n

Ich \u00fcbernachte bei<\/em> meiner<\/strong><\/span> Freundin . \u2013 I stay the night at my girlfriend\u2019s place. (die<\/strong><\/span> Freundin; sgl. f.)<\/p>\n

Ich \u00fcbernachte bei<\/em> meinen<\/strong><\/span> Freunden. \u2013 I stay the night at my friends\u2019 place. (die<\/strong><\/span> Freunde; pl.)<\/p>\n

The German preposition <\/span><\/span>MIT<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span> means \u201cwith\u201d in English:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ich spreche mit<\/em> meinem<\/span><\/strong> Mann. \u2013 I am talking with my husband. (der<\/strong><\/span> Mann; sgl. m.)<\/p>\n

Ich spreche mit<\/em> meiner<\/strong><\/span> Frau. \u2013 I am talking with my wife. (die <\/strong><\/span>Frau; sgl. f.)<\/p>\n

Ich spreche mit<\/em> meinem<\/strong><\/span> Kind. \u2013 I am talking with my child. (das<\/strong><\/span> Kind; sgl. n.)<\/p>\n

Ich spreche mit<\/em> meinen<\/strong><\/span> Freunden. \u2013 I am talking with my friends. (die<\/strong><\/span> Freunde; pl.)<\/p>\n

The German preposition <\/span><\/span>SEIT<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span> means “since” in English:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Seit<\/em> vergangenem<\/strong><\/span> Monat bin ich krank. – Since last month I am sick. (der<\/strong><\/span> Monat, sgl. m.)<\/p>\n

Seit<\/em> vergangener<\/span><\/strong> Woche bin ich krank. \u2013 Since last week I am sick. (die<\/strong><\/span> Woche; sgl. f.)<\/p>\n

Seit<\/em> vergagenem<\/strong><\/span> Jahr bin ich krank. – Since last year I am sick. (das<\/strong><\/span> Jahr; sgl. n.)<\/p>\n

The German preposition <\/span><\/span>VON<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span> means “from” in English:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Der Brief ist von<\/em> meinem<\/strong><\/span> Freund. \u2013 The letter is from my boyfriend. (der<\/strong><\/span> Freund, sgl. m.)<\/p>\n

Der Brief ist von<\/em> meiner<\/strong><\/span> Freundin. \u2013 The letter is from my girlfriend. (die<\/strong><\/span> Freundin, sgl. f.)<\/p>\n

Das Geschenk ist von<\/em> meinem<\/strong><\/span> Kind. \u2013 The gift is from my child. (das<\/strong><\/span> Kind; sgl. n.)<\/p>\n

Das Geschenk ist von<\/em> meinen<\/strong><\/span> Freunden. \u2013 The gift is from my friends. (die<\/strong><\/span> Freunde; pl.)<\/p>\n

The German preposition ZU<\/strong><\/em> means “to” in English:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ich fahre zu<\/em> meinem<\/strong><\/span> Freund. \u2013 I go to my boyfriend. (der<\/strong><\/span> Freund; sgl. m.)<\/p>\n

Ich fahre zu<\/em> meiner<\/strong><\/span> Freundin. \u2013 I go to my girlfriend. (die<\/strong><\/span> Freundin; sgl. f.)<\/p>\n

Ich fahre zu<\/em> meinem<\/strong><\/span> Kind. – I go to my child. (das<\/strong><\/span> Kind; sgl. n.)<\/p>\n

Ich fahre zu<\/em> meinen<\/strong><\/span> Freunden. \u2013 I go to my friends. (die<\/strong><\/span> Freunde; pl.)<\/p>\n

As a rule of thumb:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When you have to use a noun in the dative case, all other parts of speech, which could precede the noun (definite articles, indefinite articles, personal pronouns or adjectives) will get the following endings:<\/p>\n

– all masculine<\/strong><\/span> nouns get the ending –em<\/strong><\/span> (der -> dem<\/strong><\/span>; ein -> einem<\/strong><\/span>; mein -> meinem<\/strong>; nett -> nettem<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>)<\/p>\n

– all feminine<\/strong><\/span> nouns get the ending –er<\/strong><\/span> (die -> der<\/strong><\/span>; ein -> einer<\/strong><\/span>; mein -> meiner<\/strong>; nett -> netter<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>)<\/p>\n

– all neuter<\/strong><\/span> nouns get the ending –em<\/strong><\/span> (das -> dem<\/strong><\/span>; ein -> einem<\/strong><\/span>; mein -> meinem<\/strong>; nett ->nettem<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>)<\/p>\n

all plural<\/strong><\/span> forms, regardless of their grammatical gender, get the ending –en<\/strong><\/span> (die -> den<\/strong><\/span>; ——; mein -> meinen<\/strong>; nett -> netten<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

In one of my previous posts I started discussing about prepositions and which grammar cases they require for the following noun. In this post I am going to give some examples sentence with very common prepositions that require the DATIVE CASE. The German prepositions, which require the dative case are: aus, bei, mit, von, seit…<\/p>\n

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