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Genitive prepositions

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Prepositions like wegen, trotz, während, and aufgrund take the genitive — common in news, texts, and formal conversation. Here you learn the most important ones as a group.

  • Genitive prepositions

Grammar → Genitive prepositions

Explanation

Some prepositions take the genitive. The noun after them is therefore in the genitive: Während des Sommers reisen wir viel.

The most important ones are während, wegen, trotz, statt (also anstatt), aufgrund, innerhalb, and außerhalb.

In the genitive, the articles change: der and das become des, die becomes der, and in the plural you use der: wegen des Wetters trotz der Kälte innerhalb der Häuser.

In the masculine and neuter, the noun in the singular gets the ending -s or -es: des Sommers, des Kindes.

PrepositionMeaningExample
währendduringwährend des Sommers
wegenbecause ofwegen des Wetters
trotzdespitetrotz des Regens
stattinstead ofstatt eines Autos
aufgrunddue toaufgrund eines Fehlers
innerhalbwithininnerhalb einer Woche
außerhalboutside ofaußerhalb der Stadt

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