Day 47 - genitive prepositions Flashcards

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There are also genitive prepositions. As mentioned earlier, the genitive case is going out of style, and many people just use the dative case for these propositions.

Genitive Prepositions
instead of … anstatt / statt
outside of … außerhalb
inside of … innerhalb
despite … trotz
during … während
because of … wegen
beyond … jenseits

Genitive prepositions will be noted gen. to remind you that they always use the genitive case.

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  1. instead of gen. anstatt / stat

*There is no discernible difference between anstatt and statt.

  1. outside of gen. außerhalb
  2. inside of gen. innerhalb
  3. despite gen. trotz
  4. during gen. während
  5. because of gen. wegen
  6. beyond gen. jenseits
  7. ready bereit
  8. together zusammen
  9. also auch
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  1. I am eating ham instead of the turkey.
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Anstatt des Truthahns esse ich Schinken.
der Truthahn…DES, der, des, der

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  1. She is standing outside of the house.
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Sie steht außerhalb des Hauses.
das Haus….DES, der, des, der

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  1. The country is inside of the EU.
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Das Land ist innerhalb der EU.
die…des, DER, des, der

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  1. We are going out despite the bad weather.
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Trotz des schlechten (adjective ending) Wetters (genetive…noun takes an s) gehen wir aus.

das Wetter…des, der, DES, der

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  1. They are talking during the movie.
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Sie reden während des Filmes.

der Film…DES, der, des, der

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  1. I can’t come because of my cold.
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Wegen meiner Erkältung kann ich nicht kommen.
die Erkältung…des, DER, des, der

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  1. They are beyond our border.
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Sie sind jenseits unserer Grenze. die Grenze…des, DER, des, der

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  1. Are you ready?
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Bist du bereit?

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  1. We are eating together.
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Wir essen zusammen.

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  1. I’m coming too!
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Ich komme auch.

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