Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook

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Wir helfen derFrau.
We help the woman.

Er traute seinemChef nicht.
He didn’t trust his boss.

The dative after prepositions
The dative case is always used after aus‘out of ’, außer ‘except’,bei
‘at’/‘by’,gegenüber‘opposite’,mit‘with’,nach‘after’,seit‘since’,von
‘from’,zu‘to’:

Das Verkehrsbüro ist gegenüber demBahnhof.
The tourist information is opposite the station.

Was machst du nach derArbeit?
What are you doing after work?

It also follows the so-called Wechselpräpositionen(such as an‘at’,auf
‘on’ etc.) if the emphasis is on position and not on movement:

Sie machen ein Picknick imPark.
They have a picnic in the park.

Die Lampe steht neben demRegal.
The lamp is next to the shelves.

Other triggers – with adjectives
The dative forms are also used in constructions with some adjectives when
referring to the person/persons involved:

Sie ist ihremVater sehr ähnlich.
She is very similar to her father.

Das ist miregal.
That’s all the same to me.

Geht es dirgut?
Are you well?

Es ist mirkalt./Mirist kalt.
I am cold.

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