German Case Review

The nominative case refers to the ... of the sentence.

• subject

• direct object

• indirect object

• infinitive verb

The accusative case refers to the ... of the sentence.

• subject

• direct object

• indirect object

• infinitive verb

The dative case refers to the ... of the sentence.

• subject

• direct object

• indirect object

• infinitive verb

The genitive case refers to ... .

• the subject

• the direct object

• the indirect object

• possession

After the verbs 'sein' and 'werden' we use the ... case.

• nominative

• accusative

• dative

• genitive

After the prepositions statt, trotz, wegen, während we use the ... case.

• nominative

• accusative

• dative

• genitive

With expressions of time, e.g. last Monday, last Summer, we use the ... case.

• nominative

• accusative

• dative

• genitive

After certain prepositions we use the accusative case. Which of these always take the accusative case?

• an, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischen

• aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu

• bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um

• statt, trotz, wegen, während

After certain verbs, particularly 'help' verbs such as 'helfen', 'danken', 'geben', we use the ... case.

• nominative

• accusative

• dative

• genitive

After certain prepositions we use the dative case. Which of these always take the accusative case?

• an, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischen

• aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu

• bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um

• statt, trotz, wegen, während