Prepositions Flashcards
by, until, up to
bis (accusative)
through, by
durch (accusative)
along
entlang (accusative)
for
für (accusative)
against, toward, about
gegen (accusative)
without
ohne (accusative)
around
um (accusative)
against, contrary to
wider (accusative)
out of, from, (made) of
aus (dative)
except (for), besides
außer (dative)
with (at the home of), near, at
bei (dative)
across, from
gegenüber (dative)- usually follows its dative object
with, by (means of)
mit (dative)
after, according to (preposition often comes after for this meaning), to
nach (dative)
since, for
seit (dative)
from, by, of, about
von (dative)
to (direction toward people or places if no geographical name is used)
to (dative)
to, onto/on
an (accusative)
at, on
an (dative)
on, on top of, onto, upon
auf (accusative)
on, in
auf (dative)
behind (movement)
hinter (accusative)
behind (position)
hinter (dative)
in, into, to
in (accusative)
in
in (dative)
beside, next to (movement involved)
neben (accusative)
beside, next to (postion)
neben (dative)
over, above, across (movement)
über (accusative)
over, above (position)
über (dative)
under, below, among (movement)
unter (accusative)
under, below, beneath (position)
unter (dative)
in front of, before (movement)
vor (accusative)
in front of, before (dative)
vor (dative)
between (movement)
zwischen (accusative)
between (position)
zwischen (dative)
which verbs require the accusative case after the preposition
legen, setzen, stellen
which verbs require the dative case after the preposition
liegen, sitzen, stehen
instead of
(an)statt (genitive)
in spite of, despite
trotz (genitive)
during
während (genitive)
because of
wegen (genitive)
outside of
außerhalb (genitive)
inside of, within
innerhalb (genitive)
on the upper side of, above
oberhalb (genitive)
on the lower side, below
unterhalb (genitive)
on this side of
diesseits (genitive)
on the other side of
jenseits (genitive)
for the sake of
um… willen (genitive)
