When the movement phase is complete, we can now ask, wo ist der Hut? (where is the hat?) In answer to this question the preposition "an" would take dative. "where to" is Sabine taking the hat? The hat is moving from one place to another. For example, wohin hängt Sabine den Hut? (where does Sabine hang the hat? or where does Sabine going to hang the hat? or where is Sabine hanging the hat?)Īll three possible English translations and the original German question give a sense of movement phase i.e. When the preposition "an" takes accusative, we can ask a question with the interrogative pronoun "wohin". When the hat and picture are in the resting phase, the preposition "an" takes the dative. In the above examples where the hat and picture are in the movement phase, the preposition "an" takes the accusative case. (where), the preposition in it would take the dative case after it. (where to), the preposition in it would take the accusative case and if the sentence is an answer to the question pronoun "wo" In simple words, if the sentence is an answer to the question pronoun "wohin" If the sentence shows a state, the proposition would take the dative case, e.g. If the sentence shows a movement, the proposition takes an accusative case, e.g. To see the complete grammatical details of German prepositions, please visit the page German prepositions in the section Summary of German Grammer. This page is part of the step-by-step German learning A2 level course. In German, they are called Wechselpräpositionen (two-way prepositions). Some German prepositions can take dative or accusative depending on the situation. Level A2 Introduction German for Beginners Book A2 Unit 20: Dative Case in German Unit 21: Declension of German Nouns Unit 22: Dative Pronouns in German Unit 23: German Dative Prepositions Unit 24: Separable Verbs in German Unit 25: Two-way Prepositions in German Unit 26: Reflexive Verbs in German Unit 27: German Perfect Tense Unit 28: German Particles Unit 29: Future Tense in German Unit 30: Passive Voice in German
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