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Understanding German Prepositions with Genitive
In the German language, prepositions are little words that show the relationship between different parts of a sentence. Some prepositions require the noun that follows them to be in the genitive case. The genitive case often shows possession, like when you say 'the dog's bone' in English.
Important Points
anstatt (instead of)
trotz (despite)
während (during)
wegen (because of)
innerhalb (inside of)
außerhalb (outside of)
oberhalb (above)
unterhalb (below)
When you use these prepositions, the noun that comes after them usually gets an 's' at the end if it is a masculine or neuter noun. For feminine nouns, the article changes to 'der'.
Examples
Ich spiele anstattdes Bruders.
Wir gehen spazieren währenddes Regens.
Sie blieb zu Hause wegender Krankheit.
Remember, these prepositions make the noun change its form. Just like magic words, they transform the noun into something different to show how things are related.
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