Präpositionen

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List of Common German Prepositions

Preposition: words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.

Accusative Prepositions

Bis	by, to, until, up to	bis nächste Woche	until next week
Durch	through, across	Wir gehen durch das  Tor	We’re walking through the gate
Entlang	along, down	Sie fährt die Straße  entlang	She drives down the street
Für	for	Er kocht für seine  Freundin	He cooks for his girlfriend
Gegen	against, for	gegen die Mauer	against the wall
Ohne	without	ohne Wasser	without water
Um	at, around	um Mitternacht	at midnight

Dative Prepositions

Aus	from, out of	aus dem Supermarkt	from the  supermarket
Bei	at, near	bei meinem Vater Haus	at my dad’s house
Mit	with	mit meiner Mutter	with my mum
Nach	after, to	nach der Schule	after school
Seit	since, for	Seit Februar	since February
Von	from, of	weg von zu Hause	away from home
Zu	to	zu den Geschäften gehen	to go to the shops

Two-Way Prepositions

Some prepositions within the German language are two-way prepositions, which means they can be either accusative or dative. The simple rule to remember is: if you are referring to either movement or direction, you use the accusative case, whereas if you are referring to location or position, you use the dative.

Some of the most common two-way prepositions include:

An	to, on
Auf	on, upon
Hinter	behind
In	in, into
Neben	next to
Von	from, of
Zu	to

in into, in

Hause gebäude (Kino, Bar, Ausstellung)

Orte mit "Grenzen" (Park, Wald)