Learn the German Cases: 104 Flashcards on der/den/dem/des, Pronouns and Prepositions
Learn the four German cases with 104 real flashcards: article tables, mich/mir pronouns, prepositions by case, dative verbs, im/zum contractions and 3 fixes.
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Study this deck: German Cases: Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive
1 / 10Nominative case
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Ten cards from the deck
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| Definite article: masculine dative | dem (to the) |
| Definite article: plural dative | den (to the) |
| Indefinite article: feminine genitive | einer (of a) |
| Question words for Accusative | Wen? Was? (Whom? What?) |
| Dative pronoun: it (to it) | ihm |
| Auf (two-way preposition) + location | Takes DATIVE when static location. Ex: Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch. |
| Example: gefallen (to please) + dative | Das Buch gefällt mir. – mir is dative! |
| Trotz (preposition) | despite (takes GENITIVE). Ex: trotz des Regens |
| Dative plural noun ending | Add -n to plural nouns. Ex: den Kindern, den Autos |
| Contraction: zu + der | zur (to the) |
What the 104 cards cover
der/den/dem/des, die/die/der/der, das/das/dem/des, plural die/die/den/der; ein/einen/einem/eines, eine/eine/einer/einer; wer, wen, wem, wessen; ich/mich/mir, du/dich/dir, er/ihn/ihm, sie/sie/ihr, wir/uns, ihr/euch, sie/ihnen, Sie/Ihnen; für, um, durch, gegen, ohne, entlang, bis; mit, nach, von, zu, bei, seit, aus, außer; an, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischen; wegen, trotz, während; helfen, danken, gefallen, gehören, folgen, glauben; genitive -s/-es; dative plural -n; im, am, zum, zur, vom.
How to study it
Learn the table, not 32 separate cards. Cards 5-32 are one 4×4 grid asked cell by cell. Write the grid once and look at the patterns: the dative always ends in -m / -r / -n (dem, der, dem, den), masculine is the only gender that changes in the accusative, and feminine and plural share der in the genitive. Then flip the cards and check that you can rebuild the grid in under a minute.
For two-way prepositions, ask Wo? or Wohin? The deck illustrates only in and auf. Add one card each for an, über, unter, vor, hinter, neben, zwischen built on the same pair: Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand (wohin? → accusative) / Das Bild hängt an der Wand (wo? → dative). The verb pairs legen/liegen, stellen/stehen, hängen/hängen make the rule automatic.
Three fixes worth making
- Card 39's mnemonic lists aus twice and leaves out gegenüber. Rewrite the back as aus, außer, bei, gegenüber, mit, nach, seit, von, zu.
- Card 33 gives N-A-D-G, the order most English textbooks use. German grammars and schools number them Nominativ, Genitiv, Dativ, Akkusativ (1. to 4. Fall), so add that to the hint before you open a German-language grammar.
- Two big topics are missing: adjective endings (mit dem alten Mann) and weak nouns (den Studenten, dem Jungen, des Namens). Write ten cards for each once the article grid sticks.
If you also need the genders and plurals that decide which column to use, deck KM1058 is a good companion: German articles, genders and prepositions.
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