German GCSE
Dative Case
What Dative Case means in German GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Dative Case
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The grammatical case used for the indirect object, or to indicate static location after two-way prepositions. 'der/das' becomes 'dem', 'die' becomes 'der'.
The grammatical case used for the indirect object of a sentence, or following specific prepositions (aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu).
The grammatical case used for the indirect object, or after specific prepositions (aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu).
The grammatical case used to show location (static position) when answering the question 'wo?' (where?).
The grammatical case used for the indirect object, or after specific prepositions like 'mit' or 'aus'.
The grammatical case used for the indirect object, or following specific prepositions (ABMNSZVG).
Topics that use Dative Case
- Theme-based vocabulary (Higher): Local, national, international and global areas of interest (AQA GCSE)
- Grammar: Nouns, pronouns and determiners (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Grammar: Prepositions (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Thematic Context: My neighbourhood (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Vocabulary: Cultural and geographical words (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Vocabulary: Prepositions (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Accusative Case
- Infinitive
- Nominative Case
- Preposition
- Wechselpräpositionen
- Auxiliary Verb (Hilfsverb)
- Cognate
- Compound Noun
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