Timeline for "dich" in "Ich glaube (an) dich" — accusative or dative?
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| Sep 20 at 9:36 | comment | added | Janka | No. Glauben an+<akk> is simply a phrasal verb as English to believe in+<obj>. That preposition an (or in in English) isn't part of an adverbial but part of a prepositional object. In German, that particular phrasal verb wants its prepositional object to have an accusative noun phrase. It has to be learned with the phrasal verb. | |
| Sep 20 at 3:33 | comment | converted from answer | Old Grandma | Still not clear, why 'glauben an' takes accusative "dich". Isn't it that with certain prepositions you use accusative if there's movement, a change of location or change of state? I can't see both here. | |
| Jan 21, 2022 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackGerman/status/1484541329644437516 | ||
| Jul 13, 2017 at 15:29 | vote | accept | Lerner Zhang | ||
| May 31, 2017 at 14:02 | comment | added | Em1 | You can get some hints from dictionaries. E.g. Wiktionary: to believe (to think someone/something exists = an + acc.; to think something someone says is correct = dat.) — The German version is even more clear: »jemandem glauben« (Dativ), »an jemanden (/etwas) glauben« (Akkusativ) | |
| May 31, 2017 at 13:50 | answer | added | Ad Infinitum | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 31, 2017 at 13:45 | answer | added | RHa | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 31, 2017 at 13:44 | answer | added | ΥΣΕΡ26328 | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 31, 2017 at 13:40 | comment | added | IQV | Maybe. It's german. ;-) | |
| May 31, 2017 at 13:36 | comment | added | Lerner Zhang | What????!!!!! frustrating! | |
| May 31, 2017 at 13:35 | comment | added | IQV | Sorry, but now "Ich glaube dich." is wrong. Here "Ich glaube dir." was correct! | |
| May 31, 2017 at 13:34 | comment | added | Lerner Zhang | @IQV Sorry. I have corrected it back. | |
| May 31, 2017 at 13:33 | history | edited | Lerner Zhang | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 31, 2017 at 13:25 | comment | added | IQV | "Ich glaube an dir." is simlpy wrong. Correct is "Ich glaube an dich." | |
| May 31, 2017 at 13:23 | history | edited | Lerner Zhang | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 31, 2017 at 13:17 | history | edited | Em1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 31, 2017 at 13:09 | history | asked | Lerner Zhang | CC BY-SA 3.0 |