German Prepositions requiring the accusative

Prepositions are in may ways very specific. That can make learning them sometimes pretty hard. The most important thing to remember when learning German prepositions is, that each preposition requires a certain grammar case.

Here we give you a compact overview over all those prepositions,that require the accusative case.

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1.List of prepositions with accusative
2.Exercises
2.1.Exercise for German prepositions with accusative
2.2.Exercise for using the German accusative with prepositions

List of prepositions with accusative

Preposition	Translation	Example	Example translation
Bis	Until	Bis nächsten Freitag.	Until next Friday.
Durch	Through	Wir müssen durch den Tunnel.	We have to go through the tunnel.
Entlang	Along	Du musst diesen Pfad entlang.	You have to go along the path
Für	For	Ich hab nur für den Preis teilgenommen.	I just participated for the price
Gegen	Against	Er läuft gegen den Wind an.	He's walking against the wind
Je	Per	Das sind die Kosten je Angestellten.	That are the costs per employee
Kontra	Against	Das ist das Argument kontra den Ausbau des Bahnhofs.	That is the argument against the renovation of the train station
Ohne	Without	Wir haben keine Chance ohne dich.	We don't have a chance without you
Per	Via	Ich hab ihnen die Nachricht per persönlichen Brief geschickt.	I wrote them a message via personal letter
Pro	For	Das ist das Argument pro den Ausbau des Bahnhofs.	That is the argument for the renovation of the train station
Um	Around	Er geht um die Pfütze herum.	He walks around the puddle
Via	Via	Er kam hier via Flugzeug.	He came here via plane
Wider	Against	Es geschah wider meinen Willen.	It happened against my will

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Exercises

Exercise for German prepositions with accusative
Exercise for using the German accusative with prepositions

Exercise for German prepositions with accusative

Exercise for using the German accusative with prepositions