German Prepositions & Cases

Master 54+ German prepositions with their grammatical cases

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Accusative Preps

15 items
A1
durch
through, by (means of)
dʊrç
A1
für
for
fyːɐ̯
A1
gegen
against, toward (a time)
ˈɡeːɡn̩
A1
ohne
without
ˈoːnə
A1
um
around, at (time), about
ʊm
A1
bis
until, up to
bɪs
A1
entlang
along
ɛntˈlaŋ
A1
wider
against, contrary to
ˈviːdɐ
A1
betreffend
concerning, regarding
bəˈtrɛfn̩t
A1
pro
per, for each
proː
A1
kontra
against
ˈkɔntʁa
A1
versus
versus, vs.
ˈvɛrzʊs
A1
à
at (a rate of), per
aː
A1
exklusive
excluding, exclusive of
ɛkskluˈziːvə
A1
inklusive
including, inclusive of
ɪnkluˈziːvə

Dative Preps

15 items
A1
aus
from, out of
aʊs
A1
außer
except, besides
aʊsɐ
A1
bei
at, with, near, by
baɪ
A1
mit
with, by (means of)
mɪt
A1
nach
after, to (cities/countries), according to
naχ
A1
seit
since, for (a period of time)
zaɪt
A1
von
from, of, by
fɔn
A1
zu
to, at, for
tsuː
A1
gegenüber
opposite, facing, towards
geːɡn̩ˌyːbɐ
A1
ab
from, starting from
ap
A1
dank
thanks to
daŋk
A1
entgegen
contrary to, against, towards
ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩
A1
gemäß
according to, in accordance with
ɡəˈmɛːs
A1
zuliebe
for the sake of
tsuːˈliːbə
A1
binnen
within
ˈbɪnən

Two Way Preps

9 items
A2
an
on (vertical surface), at, to
an
A2
auf
on (horizontal surface), upon, to
auf
A2
hinter
behind
hin-ter
A2
in
in, into
in
A2
neben
next to, beside
nay-ben
A2
über
over, above, across, about
yoo-ber
A2
unter
under, below, among
un-ter
A2
vor
in front of, before (time or place)
for
A2
zwischen
between
tsvish-en

Genitive Preps

15 items
A2
wegen
because of, due to
vee-gen
A2
trotz
despite, in spite of
trots
A2
während
during
veh-rend
A2
anstatt / statt
instead of
an-shtat / shtat
A2
aufgrund
due to, on the basis of
ouf-grunt
A2
außerhalb
outside of
ous-er-halp
A2
innerhalb
inside of, within
in-er-halp
A2
oberhalb
above, over
o-ber-halp
A2
unterhalb
below, underneath
un-ter-halp
A2
beiderseits
on both sides of
bai-der-zaitz
A2
jenseits
beyond, on the other side of
yen-zaitz
A2
diesseits
on this side of
dees-zaitz
A2
unweit
not far from
un-vait
A2
zugunsten
in favor of, for the benefit of
tsoo-goon-sten
A2
anlässlich
on the occasion of
an-les-lich

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