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grammatikalischer Fall – Questions relating to the grammatical cases (nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive)

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Die Polizei folgt dem Täter: why is Täter in the dative case?

In the sentence "Die Polizei folgt dem Täter," it seems like Täter should be in the accusative case since it seems to be receiving the action of the verb "folgt." Why is it instead in the dative case …
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