Vorbilder: accusative definite articles, verbs with accusative prepositions | German

Starter quiz

Match the simple past (imperfect) verbs to their infinitives.

gewann

⇔

gewinnen (to win) ✓

nahm

⇔

nehmen (to take) ✓

wurde

⇔

werden (to become) ✓

fand

⇔

finden (to find) ✓

schrieb

⇔

schreiben (to write) ✓
Which of the following are, or can be, feminine nouns?

Schweiz ✓

Deutsche ✓

Amerika

Spanien

Europäische Union ✓
Which definite article changes in the accusative form?

masculine (der) ✓

feminine (die)

neuter (das)

plural (die)
Match the prepositions to their English meanings.

durch

⇔

through ✓

für

⇔

for ✓

gegen

⇔

against ✓

an

⇔

on (to vertical) ✓

auf

⇔

on (to horizontal) ✓
Match the verbs to their English meanings.

denken

⇔

to think, thinking ✓

bedeuten

⇔

to mean, meaning ✓

aussehen

⇔

to appear, look ✓

konzentrieren

⇔

to concentrate, concentrating ✓

glauben

⇔

to believe, believing ✓

hoffen

⇔

to hope, hoping ✓
How do you say 'without' in German?

'ohne' ✓

Match the sentence starters to the correct endings.

Mein Vorbild spielt

⇔

Rollstuhlbasketball. ✓

Die Fans

⇔

schreiben an den Star. ✓

Der Zuschauer

⇔

unterstützt die Mannschaft. ✓

Die Schweizer besitzen

⇔

ein wirkliches Talent. ✓
Which of these prepositions are always followed by the accusative case?

durch ✓

an

auf

für ✓

ohne ✓
Match the verbs to the English translations.

glauben an

⇔

to believe in ✓

denken an

⇔

to think of ✓

halten für

⇔

to think of ... as ✓

stimmen für

⇔

to vote for ✓

reagieren auf

⇔

to react to ✓

schreiben an

⇔

to write to ✓
Fill in the missing definite article: 'Ich laufe durch __________ Wald.'

der

den ✓

die

dem

das
Translate the following sentence into English: 'Ich hoffe auf ein gutes Ergebnis.'

'I hope for a good result.' ✓
Translate the following sentence into German: 'I believe in the project.'

'Ich glaube an das Projekt. ' ✓

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Some prepositions are always followed by the accusative case: 'durch', 'für', 'ohne', 'gegen'.
Masculine definite article 'der' changes to 'den' in the accusative case.
Some verbs are followed by prepositions which take the accusative case.
Verbs which are followed by prepositions often use different prepositions in English.

English verbs followed by prepositions can be directly translated into German.

Whilst many of the same verbs are followed by prepositions in both languages, different prepositions are often used, so these must be learnt.

Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word; also used after some verbs
Accusative case - usually used to indicate the direct object of a verb; also used after some prepositions
Definite article - word for 'the' which may change according to gender, number and case