German Prepositions

If you're trying to learn German Prepositions you will find some useful resources including a course about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... to help you with your German grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn German. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

German Prepositions

Learning the German Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the German language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in German.

German prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:

English Prepositions	German Prepositions
Prepositions	Präpositionen
inside the house	im Inneren des Hauses
outside the car	außerhalb des Autos
with me	mit mir
without him	ohne ihn
under the table	unter dem Tisch
after tomorrow	übermorgen
before sunset	vor Sonnenuntergang
but I'm busy	aber ich bin beschäftigt

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in German has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in German.

List of Prepositions in German

Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in German placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your German vocabulary.

English Prepositions	German Prepositions
about	über
above	oben
across	über
after	nach
against	gegen
among	unter
around	um
as	wie
at	bei
before	vor
behind	hinter
below	unten
beneath	unter
beside	neben
between	zwischen
beyond	darüber hinaus
but	aber
by	durch
despite	trotz
down	nach unten
during	während
except	ausgenommen
for	für
from	von
in	in
inside	innen
into	in
near	in der Nähe von
next	nächste
of	von
on	auf
opposite	gegenüber
out	heraus
outside	außerhalb
over	über
per	pro
plus	plus
round	um
since	seit
than	als
through	durch
till	bis
to	zu
toward	gegen
under	unter
unlike	im Gegensatz zu
until	bis
up	hinauf
via	durch
with	mit
within	innerhalb
without	ohne

two words	zwei Wörter
according to	gemäß
because of	wegen
close to	nahe an
due to	durch
except for	bis auf
far from	weit entfernt
inside of	innerhalb
instead of	statt
near to	in der Nähe von
next to	neben
outside of	außerhalb von
prior to	vor

three words	drei Wörter
as far as	soweit
as well as	sowie
in addition to	zusätzlich zu
in front of	vor
in spite of	trotz
on behalf of	im Namen von
on top of	oben auf

demonstrative pronouns	demonstrative Präpositionen
this	dieses
that	jenes
these	diese
those	jene

Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in German, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with German Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our German lessons here: Learn German. Don't forget to bookmark this page.

German Prepositions

German Prepositions

German Prepositions

List of Prepositions in German

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