German Dative Prepositions
Overview
German Dative prepositions are always governed by the dative case, which shows the indirect object in a sentence. That is, the noun or pronoun that is the object of these prepositions is marked by the dative. Yes... another list to memorize.
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There are nine prepositions that always take the dative case, but for memorizing them, we will use only the most common eight (see chart below; gegenüber is not listed). A mnemonic device for them is singing them in order to the tune of “The Blue Danube Waltz” by Johann Strauss. Below the table, there are several examples of the prepositions and all of their meanings (in order as they appear in the table).
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Beispiele:
aus: Ihr kommt aus dem Büro. / Ich komme aus Kalifornien. / Der Tisch ist aus Holz.
außer: Außer mir gibt es keinen anderen mehr. / Wir hatten alle außer meinem Bruder Spaß.
bei: Ich habe beim Hotel übernachtet. / Er arbeitet bei Audi.
mit: Sie ist mit ihrem Freund ausgegangen. / Sie fahren gern mit gem Zug.
nach: Nach der Pause arbeite ich noch ein paar Stunden. / Ihr fahrt nach München. / Nach dem Autor ist sein Buch Fiktion.
seit: Seit Freitag habe ich Kopfschmerzen. / Meine Kusine wohnt seit einer Woche bei mir.
von: Vom Anfang gab es Probleme. / Es war klug von dir. / Das ist der neue Roman von Frank Schätzing.
zu: Ich gehe zur Friseurin. / Sie sind nicht so freundlich zu mir.
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