While there are a few rules, it’s mostly something you have to learn by hard! It is similarly with the cases for the prepositions. Like I mentioned in the blog post about Artikel above, while there are a few rules of thumb, you will simply have to learn the Artikel that goes with each Nomen to get it right. Musik is feminin (feminine), and so its Artikel in Dativ singular is der. ( Because of the loud music, I left early.) Wegen der lauten Musik bin ich früher gegangen. Making a sentence then, you simply use Wegen and use the corresponding Fall of the Nomen that follows. Therefore, in an indefinite plural without an adjektiv, the genitive cannot be used. (because of + genitive) 1 for Wegen to work with the genitive, it always requires an Artikel or an Adjektiv to accompany it (e.g. German prepositions often require one specific Fall that goes with them. Read last week’s blog post for a refresher on all you need to know about Artikel: They are expressed in the Artikel (article) of a Nomen, for example “the bag of the man” is die Tasche des Mann es. These are the Nominativ (nominative), Genitiv (genitive), Dativ (dative) and Akkusativ (accusative). German is heavily invested in different visible forms for its four Fälle (another word for “cases”). So now that we know the position in a sentence of the preposition, how do I know what Kasus (case) to use? Nach meine r Meinung or meine r Meinung nach(according to my opinion) – Preposition or postposition Case Ich laufe das Haus entlang. (I am walking alongside the house.) – Postposition Ich sitze auf dem Dach. (I am sitting on the roof.) – Preposition Even fewer can be used both before and after the noun. There are only a handful that come after the noun (these are called postpositions). Most of the time, you will find them before the noun (therefore prepositions). Prepositions in German are always tied to the Nomen (noun). Want to go deeper? Check out our free eBook on German basics here! Position So getting these right is quite a big deal! But where to start? Known in German as Präpositionen, prepositions are very important in gluing intention and sentence pieces together, while indicating things like who, (from) where, why, when things are happening. A few German prepositions (Image by author).
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