Two-Way Prepositions (Wechselpräpositionen)
Practice the nine German two-way prepositions that take either accusative or dative.
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Choose: Ich stelle die Vase auf ___ Tisch. (Wohin?)
Direction (wohin?) = accusative. 'Der Tisch' is masculine, accusative = 'den'. I'm placing the vase onto the table.
Fill in: Die Vase steht auf ___ Tisch. (Wo?)
Location (wo?) = dative. 'Der Tisch' is masculine, dative = 'dem'. The vase is standing on the table.
Choose: Er hängt das Bild an ___ Wand. (Wohin?)
Direction (wohin?) = accusative. 'Die Wand' is feminine, accusative = 'die'. He hangs the picture on(to) the wall.
Fill in: Das Bild hängt an ___ Wand. (Wo?)
Location (wo?) = dative. 'Die Wand' is feminine, dative = 'der'. The picture hangs on the wall.
Choose: Die Katze springt auf ___ Sofa. (Wohin?)
Direction (wohin?) = accusative. 'Das Sofa' is neuter, accusative = 'das'. The cat jumps onto the sofa.
Fill in: Die Katze liegt auf ___ Sofa. (Wo?)
Location (wo?) = dative. 'Das Sofa' is neuter, dative = 'dem'. The cat is lying on the sofa.
Choose: Sie legt das Buch zwischen ___ Hefte. (Wohin?)
Direction (wohin?) = accusative. 'Die Hefte' is plural, accusative plural = 'die'. She places the book between the notebooks.
Fill in: Er geht in ___ Küche. (Wohin?)
Direction (wohin?) = accusative. 'Die Küche' is feminine, accusative = 'die'. He goes into the kitchen.
Choose: Wir sitzen in ___ Küche. (Wo?)
Location (wo?) = dative. 'Die Küche' is feminine, dative = 'der'. We are sitting in the kitchen.
Which are the nine Wechselpräpositionen?
The nine two-way prepositions are: an, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischen. They take accusative (direction) or dative (location).