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Genitive or dative

I am using the C1 tetbook to improve my German. In the answers to an exercise about forming a sentence in the nominal form the following two answers are given as correct: Die Vemittlung der ...
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Is the noun after werden when using it as full Verben always in nominative case?

In this image it should have been "einen Vogel" if it is in Akkusativ Case. Can someone explain this please.
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What is the correct case for 'of' for a 16th century word for 'bad/difficult' woman?

In a letter from Willibald Pirckheimer in 1500 addressed to Johann Tscherte, Pirkheimer refers to Agnes Dürer as a 'pos Weyb'. I understand this means something like a difficult woman. If you wanted ...
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Warum benutzt man den Dativ mit "willkommen heißen in"?

Ich habe seit kurzem eine Frage über den Dativ und den Akkusativ gestellt. Bei einer Antwort hieß es "Die Wechselpräpositionen bezeichnen mit Dativ einen Ort, mit Akkusativ einen Weg, der an ...
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"Gehen Sie an dem roten Haus vorbei...": warum benutzt man den Dativ?

EDIT: Es scheint, dass das Problem war, das ich "Bewegung" mit "Richtung" verwechselte. Im Buch "Präpositionen" von Hueber, gibt es folgendes Beispiel für "an": ...
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Probleme mit deren Tochter

So here is a sentence I've come across on one of the forums "Beim Mittagessen erzählte sie ihm alles über die Probleme mit deren Tochter." While I am aware of the fact that the determiner &...
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"Er schien nicht zu bemerken, dass er soeben in einer Straße aufgetaucht war"-Accusative "in" or Dative [duplicate]

Here is a sentence: Er schien nicht zu bemerken, dass er soeben in einer Straße aufgetaucht war, in der alles an ihm, von seinem Namen bis zu seinen Stiefeln, keineswegs willkommen war. I'm curious ...
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How is accusative case different from other cases?

I notice that we distinctively define verbs which take accusative case as "transitive verbs" and those which don't as "intransitive". Now among intransitive, we have several ...
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Genitive case usage without articles

[...] Und auch angesichts der Auswirkungen konventioneller Tierhaltung auf das Weltklima ist ein Umdenken sinvoll. Why is the ending of konventionll "er" in the above? I am assuming the ...
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How to figure out gender of things in quotation?

In diesem Jahr hat ein amerikanischer Film d(en) "Goldenen Bären" gewonnen The question was to fill the text in the bracketed spot. How could I have been able to identify that gender of ...
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What and why is the case of „nächstes Jahr“?

I am thinking of this sentence: Ich mache nächstes Jahr eine Ausbildung. I believe „nächstes Jahr“ is an adverbial phrase, and seems to be in the accusative case. (If not, then nominative.) But I ...
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Ist der Genitiv manchmal ein Ersatz für "über" etwas?

Dieser Satz erscheint in "Dem Eisenbahnunglück" von Thomas Mann: Da ward mir leicht, und ich mischte mich unter die Leute, die standen und schwatzten und sich anfreundeten gelegentlich ...
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Why is it “der” Person in this sentence?

“Du gibst der Person an der Kasse das Geld für die Karte.” In this sentence, Person is feminine, singular, accusative, and yet the definite article is der rather than die. Why is that? Thanks!
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What is Duden telling us here?

Duden gives the following examples for the use of verletzen: ich habe mich am Kopf verletzt ich habe mir das Bein verletzt Why is the reflexive pronoun accusative in the first and dative in the ...
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how to use haben and worden_sein in a sentence

i am learning germam and my current proficiency level is B1 in this link:https://deutschegrammatik20.de/spezielle-verben/modalverben/subjektive-modalverben-zeitformen/ the following two sentences ...
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Please explain the cases in a given sentence [closed]

I came across this sentence on a YouTube video: Lisa bringt morgen ihrem Vater das Geld. It was mentioned that ihrem Vater takes Dativ and das Geld takes Accusative. I do not understand the cases of ...
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Does case induced by prepositions follow the direct/indirect/subject pattern?

Suppose we take dative case, a common definition given in early German teachings is: Case used to express direction towards an indirect object, the receiver, and is generally indicated in English by ...
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Why "erholsamen" and not "erholsames"? [closed]

Why "erholsamen" and not "erholsames" given that "Wochenende" is neuter? Which is correct? Nach einem erholsamen Wochenende begann er seine Arbeit am Montag mit neuem ...
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Android app for verb and case

I am fairly fluent in German (B2 with "Sehr Gut" and a few C1 conversation courses) but I still sometimes struggle deciding whether to use the dative or accusative case. Could someone ...
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Namensschreibweise

In Deutschland gibt es ja die Vorwärtsschreibweise eines Namens (also mit Vorname/Nachname) und die Rückwärtsschreibweise (also mit Nachname, Vorname). Wenn die Vorwärtsschreibweise lautet "Dr. ...
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der anderen oder des anderen?

Ich bin etwas verwirrt über die Verwendung des Genitivs. Welcher Satz ist richtig und was ist der Unterschied zwischen ihnen? Das Wohl der anderen ist mir wichtiger als mein eigenes. Die Freiheit ...
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Use of comparative adjectives and adverbs

Want to apologise for being a nuisance. Have another question if I may. Here are two sentences from my grammar book: Welcher Junge ist am stärksten? Welcher Junge ist der stärkste? Regarding the ...
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"An einem heißem, aber glücklichem Dienstag"-is this correct? [duplicate]

So I'm making my first tentative steps with German output and thus, have been trying to generate sentences of my own. Here is one An einem heißem, aber glücklichem Dienstag während des Sommers stieg ...
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Wieso wird aus "die Seite" plötzlich "der Seite" in folgendem Satz?

Ich bin gerade am Korrigieren eines deutschen Textes einer Freundin und meinte, dass es nicht "oben links auf die Loginseite" sondern "oben links auf der Loginseite" ist. Als ...
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Does this sentence make sense in German? (Was kaufen Sie Herrn Braun?)

Does this sentence make sense in German? Was kaufen Sie Herrn Braun? Does it mean the following? What are you buying for Mr. Braun? I think the n in Herrn is a sign of dative.
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Use of fractions with nouns of measurement

Here is a sentence Er verfehlte den Rekord um ein Viertel einer Sekunde. Firstly, is "einer Sekunde" used in the Genitive or Dative case in this context and why? Secondly, I read that one ...
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Ich verstehe ein Nomen eines Satzes nicht, bitte um Hilfe

Konsequenz war eine Bedingung richtigen, logischen Denkens, und wo immer in den unterschiedlichen philosophischen Theorien der Tradition deren Anfänge lagen, die Folgerungen wurden nicht willkürlich ...
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Name of Neues Museum

Does the Neues Museum in Berlin actually have a standard name? In German, I see it as "des Neuen Museums", "Im Neuem Museum", "Das Neue Museum", where apparently to me &...
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benutzen require dative or accusative case?

Writing a piece of German, using the verb benutzen. Does the verb verb benutzen require dative case? Looked the verb up in Duden dictionary but cannot work it out.
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Why is it "erster Teil"?

I'm beginning to read my first book in German (I haven't taken any courses on the language, just Duolingo, but it's not too helpful) and I am wondering why it titles the first part with "erster ...
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"Eine" oder "Einer der zentralen Szenen"?

Als Einleitung zu einer Interpretation von Faust schrieb ich "Einer der zentralen Szenen ist die Szene 'Marthens Garten'." Nun behaupten einige, dass "eine" korrekt wäre, aber - ...
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Why is it "Was fehlt Ihnen?" and not "Was fehlen Ihnen?"

When using the formal form of you, "Sie", we conjugate the verb in the third person plural, regardless if the "Sie" refers to a singular or plural subject. "Ihnen" is the ...
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"Ein halbes Kilo Kaffee" - welcher Kasus ist "Kaffee" hier?

Ich habe keine Ahnung welcher Kasus ist "Kaffee" in dieser Phrase: "ein halbes Kilo Kaffee". Ich dachte, es sollte Genitiv sein, aber warum denn nicht "ein halbes Kilo Kaffees&...
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Erklärung von "ihr bestehen lassen"

Kafka hat Folgendes in der Erzählung "Entschlüsse" geschrieben: Deshalb bleibt doch der beste Rat, alles hinzunehmen, als schwere Masse sich verhalten und fühle man sich selbst fortgeblasen,...
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Why is the dative case used here when a target is involved?

Why is dative used in this sentence? Ich muss am Zoo umsteigen. There is movement to a destination, which I think should be accusative.
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Relative Pronouns

I am really struggling with relative pronouns (when to use which relative pronoun). Can anyone please help me? (give me some quick ways to know when to use which relative pronoun) I get confused ...
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Bedeutung von Genitiv + Adjektiv + werden

Aus Das Parfum von Patrick Süskind: Grenouille wirkte damit [d. h. mit einem neuen selbstgemachten Duft] – auch wenn er unrasiert, finsterer Miene und bemantelt auftrat – wie ein armer blasser Bub, ...
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"dieses kleinen Kobolds" – Why kleinen if Genitive?

A phrase from a movie is Der Wald ist die Urheimat dieses kleinen Kobolds. Kobolds is Genitive case, there is an s at the end. The same for dieses. But why is it kleinen and not kleines?
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When and how do you use "Letzter" (masculin nominativ strong declension)

letzte (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular letzter, not comparable) Wiki I am trying to figure out, as the title suggests, when you use Letzter when its not feminin or plural. ...
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Is this phrase in apposition?

Attempting to translate this sentence from Asimov's, I, Robot: Donovan had time for one startled gasp as he felt himself lifted from the floor and carried up the stairs at a pace rather better than a ...
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keine E-Mails gab - is it singular or plural?

Ich kann mir kaum vorstellen, dass es früher keine E-Mails gab. keine E-Mails gab - I don't understand the form of this phrase. Is E-Mails plural? If yes, why gab instead gaben? If it is Singular, ...
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Dative form of "mein" for "Restaurant"

Ok, I don't get this. ich lade sie in mein Lieblingsrestaurant ein This is what I know: "Mein" is a possessive article. Restaurant is "neuter" (das Restaurant) For "...
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Da and dessen in "da bin ich mir sicher" and "Dessen bin ich mir sicher"

Today I came across 2 sentences like this "Da bin ich mir sicher" and "Dessen bin ich mir sicher" What do "Da" and "Dessen" mean in these and please tell me if ...
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Why is the genitive case considered higher register?

It is often complained about that the genitive case is replaced more and more by the dative case (*wegen dem Wetter,*den Opfern gedacht, *wegen mir, trotz), both in speech and, more recently, in print....
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When to use "weil" and when to use "obwohl"? [closed]

Zum Wassertrinken müssen die Giraffen ihre Beine weit auseinander stellen, weil/obwohl sie so einen langen Hals haben. Which one is correct between the sentence, weil or obwohl? It is somehow logical ...
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sich einer Sache (Gen.) erinnern?

Ein Satz aus Dem Parfum von Patrick Süskind: Zehntausend, hunderttausend spezifische Eigengerüche hatte er gesammelt und hielt sie zu seiner Verfügung, so deutlich, so beliebig, daß er sich nicht nur ...
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From a linguistic PoV, do we know why Akkusativ only changes the masculine? [closed]

From an academic/historical/linguistic perspective, is there any interesting background for why a case that only changes one gender remained in the language and did not become disused? Pardon my ...
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uns’rer Liebe Kinder schenken, Why is it uns'rer? and What does uns'rer mean?

We are doing a lip-sync opera in the Christmas event :). And it's good to have a place I can ask native Germans about these things and I'm grateful to people giving me answers. In Mozart's Opera '...
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Viel(es???) Glück [duplicate]

I just don't understand the concept here. We have the noun, das Glück. It should be in akusativ form when its used with "viel". And neutral akusativ form for viel is vieles... How come we ...
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How can I tell the case of *der alten Frau* in this sentence?

I am following the book German for Reading: A Programmed Approach and on page 200 there is a question asking the case of the bold word in the following sentence: Keiner wird der alten Frau die ...
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